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Dotty Linen Style Arc Maude Tunic
I made this Dotty Linen Style Arc Maude Tunic almost a year ago for our trip to Greece and never wore it! I purchased the Style Arc Spring to Summer Look Patterns but the matching shorts I made just didn’t work. Too short and the silhouette just looked wrong. But I’ve since reworked this top…
Rust Organic Cotton Twill Holly/B5504 Pattern Hack Capri’s
I love sewing pants! They are by far my favorite projects to work on. These Capri’s are a pattern hack of By Hand London’s Holly Pants and Connie Crawford B5504 (two of my fav pant patterns!) in an awesome Rust Organic Cotton Twill from Mood. I tend to prefer very simple/clean lines in solids when I make pants so they never look…
Mommy and Me Colfax Dresses
One of my goals this summer was to make my daughter Amelie and I matching dresses while she still enjoys dressing up with me. I found a winner in the Colfax dress by True Bias. Perfect easy and beach ready summer dress. I bought both patterns (PDF’s) earlier this spring knowing I probably wouldn’t get to them for a while, since we were moving. I had them…
Summer Sewing Plans 2016
This afternoon will be our first day where we’re permanently settled in our new apartment in Plantation! The hardest part of being back and forth while Nigel finished out the school year was my limited sewing time. I was able to do a bit of pattern testing and sewed up some new swimwear for the…
Chanel Inspired Francoise
I’m so proud of this dress. I think it’s the most fabulous thing I’ve sewn yet. And it fits like a glove! I finished it with just two days to spare before the deadline to enter the #SewingFrancoise contest over at Tilly and the Buttons! I actually wasn’t sure if this dress was for me at first…