My favorite season is summer. Even when it is 90 and humid, I am still happy to be warm without having to think about wearing layers all the time. It shouldn’t be a surprise that I love making and wearing summer dresses. I could probably make an unlimited number of summer dresses, but I have… Read More Summer Dress for 2017
Yes, that is a purple wall behind my purple dress– I wasn’t kidding about loving purple! We even painted the wall ourselves. This post has some of my favorite stuff– my FAVORITE color and cozy stuff for winter. Both garments are simple ones that I have made before, but the fabric makes these special.… Read More PURPLE Winter Knits
This is a fun little dress from some fun fabric. The fabric is from Fabric Mart (of course) and is a lilac linen that has a plaid design. The plaid is created by having spaces in the weave, so I have to wear it with a slip. I actually have a slip that was made… Read More Lilac Linen Shirt Dress
All the pretty pictures were taken by Julie Haider. It’s taken a bit of time to get this final post done, as we are trying to get settled into our new house, but I am so excited to finally share the pictures of this dress. It was a long process (11 months according to my… Read More Sewing My Wedding Dress: Part 4, THE WEDDING!!
So in love with this new dress! This is definitely one of those projects that started with awesome fabric and a fun pattern and came out just how I imagined it! And I even finished it in time for spring! (Sorry not sorry for all the exclamation points!) First, the fabric!! About a year ago… Read More A Floral Dress for Spring!
The making of this garment did not go smoothly because the pattern has a major issue. When I discovered it, I was pretty upset, because I was excited about both the pattern and the fabric. The fabric really is something special. It is a Carolina Herrera wool/silk blend that has a cool textured weave. When… Read More Pattern Problems: Vogue 9126
OMG, it’s finished!!! To get caught up on my process so far see my first and second posts. The main construction of the dress went pretty fast, but then I didn’t work on it for months. One thing I noticed was that sewing this dress has made me care about the state of my nails… Read More Sewing My Wedding Dress: Part 3
Photo by our wedding photographer, Julie Haider. In addition to making my wedding dress, I am also making the two bridesmaid dresses. I wanted both the bridesmaids to actually like their dresses, and (hopefully) be able to wear them again. I let each one pick her own pattern. The fabric is a dark purple silk… Read More Bridesmaid Dresses
This dress is another one made to fill in the “long-sleeved dress” hole in my wardrobe. I liked this look of this pattern in Burdastyle (8-2015-116B) as it seemed both easy to make and easy to wear and with a bit of shape due to the gathered waist. I wanted wool for warmth, but the… Read More Another Long-Sleeved Dress
I have been wanting to make a coat dress for awhile. Since this is a bigger project, I decided to get a Marfy pattern, #3222. When I got the pattern, I did not yet have fabric for it. I found the perfect fabric on ebay, a Pendelton wool that is sort of a plaid pattern… Read More Totally Awesome Coat Dress