Big news! I’m the 2023 Her Universe Fashion Show Judges’ Winner! So if you’ve been wondering why I’ve been completely absent from posting recently, this is why! From when I was accepted in mid-May to the show itself on July 20, I spent nearly every non-working waking moment working on this look. I threw myself…
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Time for one of my throwback posts. As in, one of the ones I meant to post ages ago, but just never got around to it. This one is for my Kitty Pryde casual cosplay that I made for Comic Con 2019 and also ended up wearing to the intro party at Costume College that…
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Look who finally finished knitting a sweater! It’s not the first I’ve started, but it is the first long sleeved (knit, rather than crochet) sweater I’ve ever finished. I love it so much! The pattern is the Cozy Classic Raglan by Jessie Maed Designs that I started as part of a class with Uncommon Threads.…
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This is the newest pattern from Pattern Emporium: the Coastal Side Split Skirt. It was just released this week and I had fun testing it! It’s a pretty versatile skirt as you’ll see in my photos — you can wear it for winter with a sweater or summer with a tank top or t-shirt. I…
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I recently took a 2-day course in viennoiserie at the San Francisco Baking Institute (yes, the same place I took the pie class). I’ve also taken 2 bread courses there, but I haven’t had a chance to blog about those. This course was taught by the same woman as the pie class and it was…
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As promised, here is the second version of the Love Notions Rhapsody Blouse that I made. This one was made with a viscose crepe from Califabrics that has cute little lady bugs on it. I’ve actually got a number of creation videos up on my Instagram. If you want to take a look at them, they…
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This adorable pattern is the Love Notions Rhapsody Blouse and I’m quite happy with how it turned out. You might recognize the fabric from my Meet You There Dress. It’s some viscose crepe that I got at Stonemountain & Daughter and was once again very nice to work with. It presses so nicely though it does start to…
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Happy New Year! It’s a new year although I’m still wrapping up posting projects from last year. I’ve got some that I’m super excited about but still need to get decent photos, so I’ll just start posting the ones I do have photos of starting with this one. Although arguably I only have the one…
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This past October, I took a 2-day pie baking class at the San Francisco Baking Institute. I learned so much about baking pies! Completely changed the way I do it now. With Thanksigving and plenty of people to eat my pies, I took the opportunity to get in lots of practice. I made over 25…
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My quilt guild does 2 retreats every year — one in person and one virtual. The in-person one never seems to work out for me schedule-wise so I try to make the virtual one. Especially as our numbers grew beyond our local area physically during the pandemic, the virtual one has been a lot of…
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