retro
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Charm Patterns Hattie Tote to carry all the things
As mentioned in my last post, I had enough of the fabric leftover from my Maria dress to make a matching tote. I even had enough to do pattern matching of the roses around the top! This is the Hattie Tote pattern, also from Charm Patterns. I did decide to buy some coordinating fabric for…
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Toy Story Aliens in Mod 60’s – Tilly and the Buttons Coco Dress
Now on to the Toy Story Aliens. This was a look that I used for both San Diego Comic Con as well as the Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon weekend. It was originally conceived as a group look for SDCC which I then repurposed for the race a month or so later with another friend. So…
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Hanukkah Skirt Collaboration with Charm Patterns
Happy Hanukkah! I’m so excited to be able to share a project I’ve been working on the past couple of months. I worked with Charm Patterns to design this Hanukkah Skirt which is now available up on their blog. I had a great time working with the team at Charm Patterns to make this happen…
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Charm Patterns Polka Dot Rita Blouse
I wanted to continue showing you the Charm Patterns items that I’ve made over the years. This is actually the very first one I ever made. It’s the Rita Blouse and technically this was a very wearable muslin. I kept planning to make another, but I kept getting distracted by the other amazing patterns Gertie came…
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Fourth of July Jiffy Popover Dress
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…