Today, I give you the one-hour tent dress. This was a completely unplanned sewing project, and I'm pretty sure that if I saw this on a hanger in a store, I would dismiss it as shapeless and unflattering. Then again, I so often feel like my signature style is the muu muu, and this muu muu has been saving me from the hotter-than-normal days we've been having here in the Pacific Northwest. It hit 90 degrees on Monday, which meant that it was about 110 degrees in our un-air-conditioned house. Not ... Read more
Monday Outfit: A Little Lace, A Little Boho + Giveaway! [CLOSED]
Good morning! Has it really been two weeks? It's all a muddled blur in my mind now and I'm still racing against the clock to get stuff done, but I'm happy to report that I've been working hard behind the scenes, but I've been playing hard too (in a boringly wholesome way, I should clarify - no tossing back of jagermeister jello shots or misguided pole dancing involved). I have a lot to share, but for today, I'm going to focus on this li'l outfit. It's from this new book I got as part of ... Read more
Stitched Together for Rachel: Boat + Sheep-ish
Good morning -- greetings from Portland! At the last minute, my mom, K and I decided to make a whirlwind trip to the City of Roses. I was lucky enough to finally meet up with a bevy of the sweetest sewing blog friends, and it was a grand treat and much too short. More on that later, because today, I have a special project to share. A few weeks ago, Victoria of As It Seams reached out to me with a sweet idea: the lovely Rachel who creates the most beautiful clothes and takes some of the most ... Read more
Sewing for Me: IKEA blouse
Sometimes you just need a simple, white linen blouse. It's been drizzly and bordering on frigid ever since we got back to Seattle, and I welcomed the idea of sewing a long-sleeve top. I've been saving a breathtakingly beautiful and expensive white linen for years, but I couldn't cut into it for this project. I knew I wanted white, and it most definitely had to be linen, but I was afraid I might make an irreparable mistake and I wasn't sure if I could handle that in my current frazzled ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Nautical Knit Halter
Good morning! It's so good to be back. We had a fantastic vacation, but there's nothing quite like home. I'm still suspended somewhere between west coast and east coast time zones, and am feeling a bit foggy, but I'm eager to get into productivity mode. So did you know that it's KCW week this week? I didn't. At least not until late last night. That's how out of touch I'm becoming with the general sewing interwebs. What with frenetic book deadlines and all, I'm barely keeping up with regular ... Read more