Good morning! Although I make K a lot of clothes, there's really only a small subset that she'll wear over and over. This outfit I completed this weekend is destined to be in that small subset. The top is puff-sleeve top 2.0 (the actual tee version of this dress I made a couple of weeks ago). I got this amazing embossed-looking floral Anna Sui cotton/nylon blend knit at Nancy's Sewing Basket a year ago, and I've been on the hunt for the right pattern. I think I nailed it, if I do say so …
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Another nani IRO mini-dress
I wasn't quite prepared for how drained I would be after turning in my manuscript. I've been somewhat functional and have been managing to get chores and the absolute necessities done, but my brain is foggy and I have this odd floaty sensation in my extremities as if they'll drift away without my permission. On Monday night, K and I went to an ice cream social at her school, and I sat immobilized by the monkey bars, staring out at the popsicle-licking, vanilla-scoop-chomping crowd. My Its-it ice …
Monday Outfit: The Recital Dress That Wasn’t
Good morning! Instead of the puffed sleeve shirt 2.0, I made a dress for K this past weekend for her piano/voice recital. Except...I didn't finish it in time for the recital itself. I'm a little out of practice and failed to whip up this very easy dress in the two hours I was able carve out, though I got really, really close. These photos were taken on Sunday, a day after the recital, when I got around to hemming the dress and adding the gold flower button. K didn't mind and happily wore …
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I did it!! I submitted the entire manuscript for book #2 yesterday afternoon, and I am zonked. I've been getting up extra early in the mornings in an attempt to capitalize on my brain power (I've learned that I can't function after 4pm anymore...aging, it's a topic that's taking up a big chunk of mental space these days. I feel the urge to start talking about Pinochle and I don't even know what that is). I have to send out a HUGE shout out to all the pattern testers -- personal …
LK Dolls
Have you seen the latest issue of STYLO yet? So, so good. And did you happen to see the ninja, samurai and bunny dolls? Yep, I whipped them up and submitted a tutorial and pattern that can be downloaded from STYLO. I drew the characters in Adobe Illustrator and then created pattern pieces by pulling apart my drawing below: They're quite small and a lot of fun to make and several kiddos in my life have been especially coveting the pet bunny doll (one girl tried to sneak off with …