Good morning! I'm switching up the Monday Outfit for an unscheduled me-made garment today. But before I go into that, I want to say a huge THANK YOU for all the birthday wishes and comments for the Staple dresses. We had an unusually busy and social weekend, so I'm slowly working on responding to all the lovely comments. My birthday was wonderful. Really, I couldn't have asked for a better one. M planned a special date night (K had her third successful sleepover, and she was more than thrilled ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Frozen Take Two
Good morning! I've been dawdling on this second Frozen dress (see the first one here), but this weekend, I finally completed it. I'm sad to report that it wasn't a stunning success. I used the same pattern pieces as the first one, and this time, I cut into the fabrics specified by K -- all cheap stuff from JoAnn's. One of the things I did differently was to add rhinestones to the bodice like so: That's me, pulling away the plastic film after ironing on the sparkles, happy to see that I ... Read more
Me-Made-May 2014: The Final Days
What a great experience this whole Me-Made-May ride has been! I could have done without the daily photo-taking, but now that I have pictorial evidence of carrying out my mission, I'm pleased with the results. I managed to wear a different me-made garment every day, and I learned some important lessons, the biggest of which I yammered on about yesterday. But first, here's another new thing I was able to produce during the month of May: the ubiquitous Wiksten Tank. I've had this pattern ... Read more
Me-Made-May 2014: Week 4
Almost at the end of the month...holy cow, I am so over looking at my mug. The camera has been propped permanently on the tripod, and I've been taking snaps first thing in the morning every day, which accounts for why I resemble the undead so often. And perhaps because I've been so ashen, I've felt the need to dial up the color factor this past week. I've also felt the need to make something for myself for a change. Over the last couple of days I found pockets of time to pump out this ... Read more
2014 Summer Sewing Plans
It's another installment of unrealistic sewing planning -- one of my favorite activities! Over the last year or so of sewing for myself, I've become enamored with dresses. I just love the ease of slipping a dress on, ready for the day in an instant. And now that I've survived looking through thousands of images of myself and have become truly and deeply okay with my "giant squash legs" as K likes to call them, I'm intent on adding a lot more frocks to my wardrobe. I lean toward simple lines ... Read more