It\’s been a whole year of Social sewing, ya\’ll, and right off the top I want to say thank you so much for participating and making this year-long experiment such a success! We had an average of 12 paricipants a…

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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 ...
It\’s been a whole year of Social sewing, ya\’ll, and right off the top I want to say thank you so much for participating and making this year-long experiment such a success! We had an average of 12 paricipants a…
Lara\’s Primrose Peplum is a perfect date night top with those adorable (and on-trend!) sleeves! She\’s since made a second version of this pattern and I love her concept of \”make and replace\” where she makes a similar item to…
This post is brought to you as part of the Indiesew Blogger network. Thank you to Indiesew for providing the fabric! Last fall I did something super scary to me: I made jeans! Indiesew was stocking some amazing denim, and…
Thank you to McCall Pattern Company for providing the pattern and material for this post. I recently took you through a whole long ordeal re: my personal style and how I was going to try and stick to a palette…
Since I\’m taking on a big project with two new-to-me skills–quilting and sewing leather–I thought I\’d share a bit of my learning process with y\’all. I rarely publish whole posts about works-in-progress–it\’s not as pretty or glamorous as completed outfits–but…
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