Hawthorn muslin

This is the muslin for Hawthorn, and it fits really well without any modifications! I’m surprised since I had to do just about every modification ever to the laurel pattern! So I’m gonna go ahead and cut into my mood fabric and just pray my button holes goes smoother than on my muslin! Check out

Day One: ♪ Beverly Hills, That’s Where I Want To Be… ♪

I just took a well needed vacation on the opposite coast. My parents are looking to downsize and are considering building a modern pre-fab home. When they heard about the Dwell On Design conference they figured it be a good way to size up some of the many builders and options before they embark on

I buy expensive suits, they just look cheap on me.

Do you ever go through your pattern stash and say “What was I thinking?”. I know I do. I tend to buy vintage patterns in lots because I really want one or two, and the rest just kind of sweeten the deal. Case in point, never once in my life have I thought “Man I

The Hawthorne Sew-along!

So much like the rest of the sewing community I’ve purchased Colette Pattern’s newest release, Hawthorn. It’s a beautiful shirt dress, with an option to sew it as a peplum top. It’s got enough buttons to drive even the sanest of sewers crazy using their fincky buttonholer attachments. I plan on making the sleeved version.

Radio Silence

Sorry for the radio silence over here, but I’ve just returned from an amazing trip to LA, and the Dwell on Design 2013 convention. Give me a day to get back into my routine and I should have a wonderful trip post for you. Our flight got back very late last night. I’m being a

The Striped House Dress

Sometimes you power through and sew a dress in a few short hours. That happened today. I’ve had this pattern, simplicity 142 (1955), for a while now. The illustration is super cute, and it’s got some really neat details like the contrasting lapel pieces that are detachable. Fair warning though, I haven’t yet made any of

Finished! The Holloway Dress

Here’s some proper pictures of The Holloway Dress (Simplicity 3575). Although I’m no where near the babe of this dresses namesake is; I’ll try my best to live up to the va-va-voom attitude of many people’s favorite Mad Men character. If only I had her assets right? The dress is a bit wrinkly. I wore it

New Temporary Sewing Set Up

So some of you might remember when I had the sewing set up in the basement.  While I sewed there for a long time, sewing in completely artificial light while cut off from the rest of the house just wasn’t working out. So I moved it upstairs (Formerly our bedroom, it sat empty except for

Short Hair Adventures!

So I did my first wet set on my short hair, I like the cut a lot more now! Also I’m wearing what I’ve dubbed the Holloway Dress. I have yet to take any “real” photos of it yet, so look forward to those! I may need to do a small bust adjustment, which is

Recent Pattern Purchases

I am a full on pattern hoarder, as my readers are probably more than aware of.  So it should come as no surprise I’ve recently acquired a few more.  Let’s start with my favorite of the bunch, shall we? This is Simplicity 3575 from 1960.  I love the collar and self made belt so much!