Hello, my friends! How are you? I'm getting ready to travel to Indiana to visit relatives this weekend, and despite my best efforts, I was unable to fully execute my glorious vacation wardrobe sewing plan I had in mind. However, in the process of attempting said sewing plan, I've discovered a life-changing thing: PDF Plotting. I found out about PDF Plotting through a very thorough and super helpful blog post on Sew Liberated. I bet most of you sewing mavens are already familiar with this ... Read more
Black Wool Dolman Top + Some Forgotten Sewing Projects
Happy Friday! If you're in the U.S., I hope you had a Thanksgiving feast shared with loved ones! We went to watch Ralph Breaks the Internet (M and K made fun of me because I cried. I cry at every movie, regardless of genre) and capped our quiet, low key T-day at a bustling Taiwanese restaurant and it was awesome. I’m a big fan of stress-free holidays - they're pretty rare, wouldn't you agree? So I finally got photos of the dolman sleeve top that I made out of the remaining fabric from the ... Read more
Black & White: Linden Loves + Making Magazine no. 6
Happy Friday! I've had an unusually social couple of weeks with more events on the horizon, which means I can really feel the tug of my inner introvert imploring me to hibernate and recharge. Getting out and about is good for me, I must say, and last week I made a couple of Grainline Studio Linden tops that happened to match one of the events I attended this past Monday: Making Magazine's Black & White trunk show at Drygoods Design. You know, as someone who spends a lot of time alone ... Read more
Rumi + Toaster = Roaster Sweater Tunic Thingie
I did it! I figured out the tripod/wireless remote situation with my new camera and new photo wall! I just realized that all my shots are a little crooked but I'm out of practice with this whole selfie thing, so let's take it slow and easy. The new camera was a reluctant purchase. I managed to somehow drop and break both my nice Canon and back-up Canon cameras a few months ago (sob!) and after lamenting the losses, I decided to take this opportunity to try out an Olympus mirrorless camera. I ... Read more
Happy Friday + OCS
Happy Friday! What's this? My fourth Ginger Skinny Jeans on my cutting table? The crazy thing is that I just finished Gingers #3 last week: I've got a serious case of OCS, my friends. That would be Obsessive Compulsive Sewing. If you've been following along on Instagram, you probably saw a level of prolific output that hasn't happened in years in terms of sewing. I completed that indigo chambray Grainline Archer shirt last week as well. And the white linen Archer shirt below flew out of ... Read more