I decided to make a princess dress for my Junior League’s auction this year. In typical fashion, I have waited until the very last minute (I need to turn it in tomorrow night). I decided to morph a Burda pattern that was similar to a sketch I did. I bought a beautiful dupioni silk for [...]

Remember how I was whining about the poor lighting in my sewing space? Yeah, I solved that problem.
Today, I installed a new light fixture downstairs. It was fairly easy and only took about an hour. I started out by reading this tutorial at HGTV.com.  Very helpful. Did a little window shopping online to pick out [...]

We went to a birthday party today. My “nephew” will be one this week. My, how time flies! Although I picked up some toy cars for him, I had to make a little something for him, too.
The latest Ottobre has a cute button-down shirt in it, so I opted to make that (cutting short sleeves [...]

Have you seen the new Oliver+S patterns yet? Cuteness doesn’t begin to cover it. I’ve been stalking the site for months, waiting for the talented Liesl to announce that they were ready for business. When the day arrived, Miss L helped me pick out the first one to sew, the Puppet Show Tunic+Shorts.
I worked on [...]

I have been anxiously awaiting the release of Sandi Henderson’s Ginger Blossom fabric, and was so excited to be able to join an Etsy launch revolving around it. Just one little problem.
I didn’t know what to make with it.
I had plenty of ideas, but nothing that seemed to be perfect. And the clock was ticking. [...]