I think it’s time to officially give the Tessuti Alice top/dress its place in my tried ‘n’ true hall of fame. I’ve made three versions of the top (all in Nani Iro double gauze, actually), but until Sunday had never tried the dress version. The top and dress use the same front and back yoke pieces, as well as the…
We’re almost halfway into Me Made May, and I’m keeping on track with my pledge so far! I pledged to wear at least one item of me-made clothing every day, and to not buy any new fabric. This has lead to a few developments! First of all, I was overwhelmed with the state of my sewing zone and FINALLY got…
I know I said in a previous post that I was going to wait to share my Jasika blazer with you until I had made a matching set of shorts. But I don’t feel like making shorts right now and I’m trying to do better at sewing what I want, when I want. So you get to see the blazer…
Apparently I’m in summer dress mode! (Although, I think I feel a quilt coming on.) I’d been wanting to make the Esteem dress from Cali Faye for quite a while and only just found a fabric that I felt would suit it. Her sample is made from something with a bit of stretch so I wanted to try the same,…
If you don’t know this yet, I’m a BIG Deer & Doe fan. The longer I’ve been seriously sewing my own clothes, the more I recognize that certain pattern companies will just resonate way more with me. The two ones that I nearly always love are Deer & Doe and Closet Case Patterns. When the new Deer & Doe patterns…
