So, this all started off as an idea for a dress. I was going to use the In The Folds/Peppermint Peplum Top pattern (it’s free!) as the basis, but instead of the peplum I would do a longer, fuller, gathered skirt. I measured from the waist seam of the peplum top I’d already made from this pattern (see May 23)…
This weekend, my mum (and her dog) and my sister and I went away for a crafting weekend. There’re two islands off the coast of Chester, NS where people have both permanent and summer residences called Big Tancook and Little Tancook. My best friend’s mum has a cottage-y house on Big Tancook, and that was where we were headed! Tancook…
Me Made May (henceforce known as MMM because I’m lazy) is over for this year! If you don’t know what MMM is, it’s a challenge started by Zoe at So, Zo, and you can read more about it here. It’s been going for nine years now, but last year was my first time participating. The basic idea behind the challenge…
I’m here to give an update on the bridesmaids’ dresses situation! I’ve deviated from my original plan of trace patterns > make test versions > do fittings > make final versions. I get bored by rigid plans and routines and so I’ve been jumping around a bit. As I wrote about before, I did get all the tracing done before…
I only discovered the pattern designer In The Folds relatively recently because of the interview she did on the Love to Sew podcast. When I checked out her designs, I fell in love with her style and sensibility. I love her silhouettes and interesting seam lines and other details like that, and the first thing I made was the Rushcutter…
