peonies are always appropriate Update: the contest is now closed. Congratulations to isaspacey of As I Said…, I\’m sending you an email! In April I held a giveaway in honor of you all; this blog had reached 100 followers after…

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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 ...
peonies are always appropriate Update: the contest is now closed. Congratulations to isaspacey of As I Said…, I\’m sending you an email! In April I held a giveaway in honor of you all; this blog had reached 100 followers after…
I mentioned last week that blogging my blue wool dress (about 5 years late!) was in advance of a new dress sewn from the same pattern. Here is version number two of Simplicity 7737, from 1968. After pinning multiple little…
Years ago when I first started this blog, I was searching for a perfect-fit shift dress. I made a few versions (not even going to link to them) from several different big 4 patterns which I wore for a while….
I think it is kind of funny that SO much of the SBC happens on flickr, like, people use flickr? It\’s 2015! But it does end up being the easiest way to store photos. I used to just keep all…
Whoops! Where\’d I go? I had a little unintentional break there for a few weeks. I\’m not a sewing blogger with a huge backlog of projects; what you see here is what I\’m making, one piece at a time. I…
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