Hey y\’all! Orla month has come to a close. We\’ll be announcing winners soon, but before we do that, I wanted to do sort of a link dump of everything that Maddie, Anya, Rachel, and I have created this month to celebrate this versatile, basic, (and don\’t forget freeee) pattern. It\’s a lot! To start…
Archives for July 2017
Sweet Seersucker (Orla Dress + tutorial!)
Last July I made a pale blue seersucker dress and I got so, so much use out of it at the tail end of summer–nothing is better than seersucker when it\’s super hot and humid, and I love the preppy sweetness of a pastel dress. All year, I thought about making a similar dress in…
Sew Conscious Review and Giveaway
This post is not sponsored or in any way affiliated with Sew Conscious, I just felt like giving away a present. Almost a year ago, I won a ridiculous prize–a free subscription to the Sew Conscious project box. My subscription is coming to an end, so I thought I\’d do a little wrap-up review of my…
Summer in Stripes (French Navy Orla)
shopstyle… This weekend my parents stopped by just to hang out and we had such a nice time! We took them with us on our new favorite weekend activity, lunch and shopping at the Korean grocers in Cary. There\’s an asian grocery store in Durham, but it\’s kind of a dive (although perfect for finding…
Lemon Ice (Orla Dress + Ogden Cami)
I\’m back again with another Orla dress–and I think I mentioned last month that I couldn\’t get enough white eyelet? When I made my first white eyelet item of the summer, this pleated skirt, I mentioned that I wanted to wear it with different colored slips. This dress is the extension of that idea! This…