Thank you to Hart\’s Fabric for providing the materials for this post. They have a bunch of new rayons in stock that are perfect for this dress! I haven\’t seen very many versions of the Deer and Doe Cardamome, and I\’m not…

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Nearly all of my skirts were made with an elastic waist pattern... that I lopped the elastic off of and converted to a flat waistband. That doesn't mean I don't love an elasticated skirt though! Holly ...
Y'all. Y'ALL! Everything I have sewn up to this point--all my swimsuits and underwear and bras and dresses and jeans--it was all leading up to this point. This is the best bikini ever made, I am done ...
Years ago I attempted a Closet Core Sophie Bikini, and hated the way the cups fit, so I made a second version, a press-n-seal dupe of my favorite wired bikini top (from Juicy Couture, duh). This black ...
How do family bloggers take such cute photos of their babies?! I (obviously) think these pictures are adorable, because these are my particular children, but... y'all. Trying to get pictures of your ...
Thank you to Hart\’s Fabric for providing the materials for this post. They have a bunch of new rayons in stock that are perfect for this dress! I haven\’t seen very many versions of the Deer and Doe Cardamome, and I\’m not…
Inserting the zipper gets its own week not because it is difficult–it\’s not!–but because people get so nervous about it and build it up and I think leaving it by itself gives you 6 days to procrastinate, 1 hour to…
Thank you to my friend Ben for taking these photos on a very windy day of our cruise–it was, in fact, much too windy to wear a skirt without holding it down constantly and I changed into my white gingers…
We finished constructing the bodice last week, let\’s move on to the skirt! I\’ve mentioned before that my fabric is semi sheer, so you may be wondering why I\’m not lining my skirt. A few reasons: First, I almost always…
I don\’t know about you but sometimes, when I\’m nervous about something, I\’ll sign up to pattern test for it, or something like that, so that I am forced to just do it already! This is how I ended up…
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