Cotton Lawn Carolyn Pajamas & Carolyn Friedlander Aubepine Dress

Both of the makes in this post are LONG overdue to be finished. One is for my mum, and one is for me! The first is a pair of Closet Case Patterns Carolyn pajamas. She’s really into these head-to-toe pajamas from a company called Bedhead, and when we were in NYC a few years ago she went to a store…
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Five Handmade Bridesmaids’ Dresses! (B6453, M6713, M7350)

The official wedding photos are back from my uncle’s wedding! And I got permission from the photographer Chelsea (at Storied Exposure) to use any photos I wanted on the blog, so here we are. 🙂 Chelsea was really lovely to work with and really put everyone at ease during the event. You can check her out on her Facebook page…
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Hand-Dyed Kelly Anorak

I’m so excited about this project! It’s a collaboration between me and my sister for her birthday (which is today)! And this blog post features writing from Amy as well! Amy went to NSCAD for her undergrad degree, and took a bunch of textiles courses during her time there. She hand-dyed this fabric as part of a course she took,…
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Rusty Corduroy Lander Pants

I made a pair of Lander shorts not too long ago, and finally got the fit right, so I wanted to try again on the pants. I made a pair of the pants out of cotton twill maybe a year ago, and got very overzealous on fit. I found them quite big in the waist (I saw from my old…
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Rifle Paper Co. Border Print B6453

I can’t lie, I’m totally and unoriginally in love with Rifle Paper Co. I don’t have any stationary or anything, but every single fabric collection they’ve done with Cotton & Steel so far, I’ve been completely obsessed with at least one of the prints (often the florals). When I saw the English Garden pre-order go up at the workroom, the…
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