It started with a vague excitement for my very small but very pretty faux fur stash. I thought, "Wouldn't it be so unnecessarily sophisticated and chic to make a fur-trimmed wool coat for K?" I'm all about unnecessarily sophisticated and chic. Alas, faux fur is NO FUN to work with. As soon as I came within an inch of it, it started to shed all over the place. In my crazy deadline-ridden state of being and due to my slightly OCD personality, I just couldn't hack it. So I resorted to an ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Bicycle Dress
Greetings from snowy Seattle. Snow!! It's been a winter wonderland for the past day or so, and this is highly unusual. The city stops dead in its tracks, uncertain of what to do with all this white stuff. K and M went sledding down a nearby hill yesterday, then returned almost immediately due to claims of "frostbite". I stayed indoors (I hail from Los Angeles, need I say more?); basically we're all wimps. And really, I should have been sewing puffy parkas and not a lightweight dress with ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Fanfare Jammies
Good morning! How was your weekend? Were you sewing frenetically for KCW? Me, not so much. I had all my sewing books out, I referenced what I said I was planning on making, and then I suddenly heard the background noise that I had been ignoring. It said, "Mama, mama, I want more jammies. No, underwear. Wait no, jammies!!" So I made jammies. And that pose up there is so, "yo, homies --what up?". That's it: one pair of pajamas for all of KCW week if you don't count last Monday's outfits. ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Imagine Gnats Meridian Pattern + Giveaway
Good morning, friends! I'm not sure if the viruses are extra virulent these last few months or what, but I've been getting hit over and over and over. It's starting to feel like a constant companion, this malaise. And of course, I'm the only one in the house that gets affected and M and K are cheerfully and healthily going about their days. Sigh. But enough whinging and on to more fun topics. Not only is it the start of Kids Clothes Week winter edition today, but I also have a few sartorial ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Roots – An Origami-Inspired Dress
Good morning! Apparently all of Seattle was caught up in football fever yesterday, but I managed to spend the entire day blissfully unaware of this fact (I actually asked someone late in the day, "Is it the Superbowl?" and he looked at me like I was insane. Not a sports fan, I'm afraid...). Instead, I was working on creating this here post, having a grand old time. Let's talk about the Monday outfit, shall we? Heidi of Elegance and Elephants contacted me a few weeks ago and oh-so-generously ... Read more