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…
Full disclosure: I cut this dress out at LEAST six months ago, but probably longer if I’m being honest. The pattern is V1585, designed by Rachel Comey and sewn by many people on the internet already. I was intrigued by the interesting shape of it, which is something I often notice with Rachel Comey’s designs. I got some crinkle linen…
I went through all my upper body clothing last night, which meant trying on every shirt and dress I own. This all started because of a Christmas dress I’d planned to wear yesterday because my beginner bass class was playing in their first concert in the afternoon and I wanted to look festive. I laid the dress out the night…
I made these two dresses in the past week or so. I had been dreaming of a super classic black linen Grainline Farrow dress for ages, but I’ve been trying to rein in my fabric buying habit so I was exhibiting self-restraint…until I found this Essex linen/cotton for $11/m at a discount fabric shop and I couldn’t resist! I also…
