Everyone needs a pair of sushi pants, right? Okay, maybe not, but they certainly are fun. I’ve had the fabric for these for close to 2 years. They’re from the now-closed branch of Spoonflower called Sprout Patterns which printed a pattern in a custom print directly to the fabric, saving you the time of laying…
Guess what? I finished my first sweater! This is the first sweater I’ve ever made from scratch. The pattern is the Homegirl Sweater by Meg Made With Love. Technically it’s available for free on her blog, but I purchased it because I like to support the creatives that are putting something out there that I’m…
This is the dress I made last year for the Fourth of July. It’s the Popover Dress from Gertie’s Gertie Sews Jiffy Dresses book. The belt is a Malco Modes belt, super stretchy and very comfy. The fabric is some glittery fireworks fabric I got from Joann’s at a pretty big discount because I made…
Back to an older project for a bit. This one is the Seamwork Veronica made from a quilting cotton. Veronica is a simple dress with a waist and elastic at the back. It went together pretty easily. The instructions were clear and not many pieces. But I think I made a poor choice in fabric…
The second retreat project was making a pair of slippers. The organizers provided us with some non-skid fabric to use for the bottom and sent out a list of free patterns, but I couldn’t just make basic slippers. I mean, it’s me. So, yeah, no. I was definitely going to make pig slippers. I perused…
Now for something sorta recent but sorta old. This is the Seamwork Camden cape. These photos are from this past February when I finally finished it, but I say “sorta old” because I actually started it about 2 years ago. As in, I had finished everything but hemming the lining. But never got around to…
As I mentioned in the Cinderella costume post, I had bought tulle for a petticoat but decided it would be too much for that costume. So I decided to make one for myself. I did a super simple one just using the gathering foot on my serger. I had 2 rolls so I gathered one…
Here’s another one from way back. This is the Seamwork Neenah. The fabric is some Ponte from Fabric.com that I had originally ordered as a potential fabric for my April O’Neil costume, but obviously didn’t end up using. I was making it as a muslin for a dress I wanted to do for Costume College.…
Coming off the last piece that I made, this is what I made with the leftovers. I had just enough to eke it out. The base is the Renfrew shirt by Sewaholic (one of my tried and true patterns) that I just hacked down the middle and shortened. I really like the overall execution. I did…
Another old one. This is the 4 out of 5 Weekender Tunic and I wear it all the time. Whenever it’s clean. I made it using some acrylic sweater knit from CaliFabrics that was on sale (check it out — it’s still on sale!) It felt kinda stiff when I got it, but after a single wash…