During this time when we’re all staying at home, I’ve been trying to only sew fabric I already have (so far, have not bought ANY new fabric!), and only patterns I already own. To keep on track with this, if there’s a fabric or pattern I’ve been considering, I put it on a list and then if I still want…
I have emerged from my mask-making cave (hopefully) for good! I just finished another ~120 of them and felt the urge like I did last time to sew something fun that was just for me. So I made another Zadie jumpsuit! This time in this really fun clementine rayon designed by Melody Miller for Ruby Star Society that I’ve been…
Phew! I have emerged from mask-making purgatory to sew for myself again, just in time for Me Made May. As you may know if you read this blog regularly, I’m not really big into sewing for others unless it’s a gift that I’ve conceived of and chosen to make. I like to sew things that I want to sew. (This…
Y’know, this should come as a shock to no one, but not everything I sew is a winner. And by “winner” I mean, “a garment that I want to wear first every time it comes out of the laundry and suits my style and my lifestyle perfectly”. Not “a garment that was sewn really well using a really nice fabric…
Friends! Today is the two year anniversary of this blog! I started this blog after weighing the pros and cons for a long time and mostly thinking I didn’t want the obligation of a blog. It felt like out of nowhere on April 11, 2018 that I finally realized that I really did want an online space to call my…
