one-piece wardrobe Sew House 7 – Bridgetown Backless Dress Romper Hack I tend to spoil myself nowadays with my sewing by making the exact thing I want to make and taking as much time as I could possibly want to make it. I’ve been sewing for the majority of my life now, and I no longer get a thrill from just finishing a garment. Maybe I’m […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 15 Comments May 9, 2017
top-halfs wardrobe In the Folds x Peppermint Magazine Peplum Top There’s a store in Portland called Cargo that carries a variety of home and decorating goods from around the world. Their offerings range from hand-carved furniture from India to petrified wood sinks to paper lanterns and garlands from China to various textiles from all over Asia. It’s easy to walk in with no agenda and to […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 11 Comments April 10, 2017
outer-wear wardrobe Grainline Studio – Tamarack Jacket As Sewcialists, I think we can all relate to this pervasive idea that a Fabric Stash is Capital-B Bad. At the beginning of this year, I witnessed sewist after sewist resolve to Buy Less (fabric) and Use More (stash). It’s an idea that I think has really wonderful intentions; it means your production outweighs your […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 10 Comments February 7, 2017
top-halfs wardrobe Sew House 7 – Toaster Sweater 2 When I was 19, I had been sewing clothing for at least 5 years and was just starting to produce clothing to sell at a local boutique. My sewing machine at the time was an entry level Janome that I had brought back from Japan, a single needle machine that included an optional, fold-away blade. […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 13 Comments January 30, 2017
top-halfs wardrobe Sewaholic Patterns – Pendrell Blouse I’ve been getting really into understanding and learning more about different types of fabric and weaves lately. It might be a by-product of blogging, as I don’t want to be spewing incorrect information about what fabric type I’m using, but I’m really enjoying nerding out on the properties that makes one fabric different from another, […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 6 Comments January 25, 2017
one-piece wardrobe Tilly and the Buttons – Martha Dress Hack I’m back in Portland now (and have been for almost a month, time flies!), which means I’m back within a handful of miles of some really amazing fabric stores. I definitely fought past my jet lag on my first day state-side and went on a tiny fabric bender, where I found a mysterious 3 yard […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 11 Comments January 15, 2017
bottom-halfs one-piece wardrobe Named Patterns – Bly Overalls My little village in Rheinland-Pfalz is purported to have one of the best Christmas Markets (Weihnacht) in the region. It pretty much spans the entire length of the main town and is just blocks away from our home. The vendors hock handmade trinkets in matching wooden sheds, and the town is packed with tourists, all […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 2 Comments December 19, 2016
one-piece wardrobe I Am Aphrodite “Are you petting your fabric?” John asked me from the driver’s seat. We were on our way home from the traveling Fabric Market in Germany where I had just purchased a couple bags of fabric, including one very soft, malleable linen twill. I nodded, “It’s telling me what it wants to be.” “What does it […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 6 Comments December 12, 2016
top-halfs wardrobe winter-ish Named Patterns – Kanerva Button Back Shirt I’ve been in Germany for all of two months now, and slowly I’m acclimating to life here. My German language skills are still depressingly lacking (ex: sometimes, the word for 4 escapes me in the moment so I order 5 of something at the butcher instead); it can take two months to learn the word […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 1 Comment December 2, 2016
bottom-halfs wardrobe Rachel Comey + Vogue 1247 Skirt There are so many iterations of this skirt (by Carolyn alone) that I didn’t exactly feel the need to be the millionth blogger to write about it, but as a newbie to this blog game, I feel like it’s excusable for me to write about a skirt pattern that is probably quite boring to you […] Full Post Share Tweet Share Pin 7 Comments November 24, 2016