I’m back with yet another B6453 to show you! Except this is a new era of the B6453 for me, because I had to start my fitting process from scratch. I’ve written about this dress multiple times on the blog before (here, here, here, and here), but since my body has changed from rock climbing NONE of them fit anymore.…
Hi all! I’ve been back from my trip to the west coast (of North America) for a couple weeks and finally got to have the sewing marathon I’d been craving! I’ve been doing so much travelling this summer (Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland) that I haven’t been able to dig into a project as much as I’d like to. I’ve been…
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…
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 AM SO HAPPY WITH THIS DRESS! It’s one of those rare instances where I bought a fabric for a specific pattern and still actually wanted to use it for that purpose when I got around to making the dress a year later. I bought this Nani Iro cotton sateen at Patch more than a year ago, and I knew…
