my favorite #vintagepledge make of the year. Congratulations on another successful year of Vintage Pledging, friends! In my case, I was much more successful this year than last. Since basically all of the patterns I use are vintage (well, or…

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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 ...
my favorite #vintagepledge make of the year. Congratulations on another successful year of Vintage Pledging, friends! In my case, I was much more successful this year than last. Since basically all of the patterns I use are vintage (well, or…
Do y\’all remember literally one million years (well, over a year) ago when I mentioned working on a needlepoint project? I finally finished it! Absolutely ages ago, I ordered a needlepoint kit from Needlepoint by Laura on etsy. She worked with me to…
When Emily of Mai Attique and I decided to sew 1970s inspired dresses, I knew I wanted to make Simplicity 8013. What a beauty! I think the 70s get a bad reputation–polyester leisure suits, right?–but this is the era of…
Alex and I visited a cool new spot downtown this weekend: Durham Distillery. dress: The 50s Day Dress | jacket: olga road | shoes: similar I wore my skeleton dress, which I still adore. I haven\’t been doing a lot of, like, quilting cotton sundress-type sewing…
I\’ve been a bit slack on my Wednesday series, What I Wore and Work in Progress. Some weeks I\’m wearing repeat outfits and the sewing room is a disaster zone and I simply don\’t have anything particularly pretty to share!…
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