Hello, my friends! Brief snow storms and budding allergies (ah-choo!) and book deadlines sum up this month for me. I'm in the midst of wrapping up a very big deadline for the next sewing book, so I'm doing a rapid-fire, bare-bones update today. Fingers crossed that there are no late nights ahead of me! Here are the things I created for this sweet, short month (you can see more images on Instagram here): WEEKLY SEWING A gingham cross-over button-down shirt from Simply Sewn: Clothes for ... Read more
January Round-Up
Hello, hello! This is my first post of 2021, though it's already the end of the month. How's 2021 going for you so far? I've been trying something new over on Instagram. I've never been on much of a schedule with IG in the past, but I thought it might be fun to stick to a twice-a-week posting regimen to see how long I can keep it up. My aim is to practice surface pattern designs and to establish a weekly sewing habit (i.e. sewing for myself -- sewing for K when she was little was much, much ... Read more
Tyra Tee by Just Patterns
Hello, my friends! Now here's a rare sighting of me in a handmade outfit...it's been a while, hasn't it? Excuse the crazy escapee hair strands -- my bun skillz are haphazard at best. Let me tell you a little bit about this sweet li'l top I'm wearing. It's called the Tyra Tee by Just Patterns, and it's an effortless pattern to sew up. Perfect for beginners as well as more experienced folks looking for a quick, refreshing project that's certain to become a comforting, gotta-reach-for-it ... Read more
Nuanced Not Faded
Hello, my friends! I received this luscious bouquet from a dear friend a couple of weeks ago, on my birthday. We did a social-distanced hand-off of the flowers, which was quite funny. As I gazed at these blooms the phrase that came to mind was, "faded beauty." It's what everyone says, right? The faded beauty of dying roses. Although these roses are no longer in the full blush of its blossoming floral youth, I don't think their beauty has faded at all. If anything, it's deepened and is more ... Read more
Greetings from Japan!
Hello, hello! K and I have spent a glorious time in Japan for the last 11 days, and we're having a hard time leaving. I have so many thoughts and emotions right now and though I'm unable to organize them in a coherent way at the moment, I wanted to pop in to say hello. I also wanted to talk about Ogden camis. For this trip, I somehow made four Ogden Camis by True Bias Patterns in two days before embarking on the plane to Narita. I originally purchased the PDF pattern and then printed it ... Read more