This month, I challenged everyone to Try Something New! I myself made my first ever pair of jeans (jeans, y\’all!!) and love how they turned out. We had a small crowd this month, but what we lacked in size we made up in challenging projects, including two more pairs of jeans… um, amazing! See Carmen…
Archives for October 2016
Fall for Flares
This post is brought to you as part of the Indiesew Blogger network. Thank you to Indiesew for providing the pattern and jeans kit! I really enjoy doing the Social Sew along with you all because it is such a good motivational tool for me to get out of my own way a little bit…
DIY: Super Simple Winter Kaftan
plaid wraps if you really hate sewing (but seriously this is so easy!) !function(doc,s,id){ var e, p, cb; if(!doc.getElementById(id)) { e = doc.createElement(s); e.id = id; cb = new Date().getTime().toString(); p = \’//shopsensewidget.shopstyle.com/widget-script.js?cb=1476642471238?cb=\’ + cb; e.src = p; doc.body.appendChild(e); } if(typeof window.ss_shopsense === \’object\’){ if(doc.readyState === \’complete\’){ window.ss_shopsense.init(); } } }(document, \’script\’, \’shopsensewidget-script\’); I have a…
Neon and Neutrals
Some more natural leather projects for you to break in just how you like (plus, luxe silk tanks): !function(doc,s,id){ var e, p, cb; if(!doc.getElementById(id)) { e = doc.createElement(s); e.id = id; cb = new Date().getTime().toString(); p = \’//shopsensewidget.shopstyle.com/widget-script.js?cb=1476113199483?cb=\’ + cb; e.src = p; doc.body.appendChild(e); } if(typeof window.ss_shopsense === \’object\’){ if(doc.readyState === \’complete\’){ window.ss_shopsense.init(); } }…
Snow Leopard Tunic (+ Giveaway!!)
I am a big fan of Sarah of Goodbye Valentino\’s \”luxe preppy\” handmade wardrobe. I followed along eagerly as she tweaked and tweaked her ideal tunic a while back, so I was excited last year when she announced she and co-author Julie Starr would be writing a book focused on tunics! I was even more…