Hi lovely readers! Just thought I’d write up a post to maybe explain my long absence in this space. Ok, I guess I don’t really have an excuse. I could make up a pretty awesome one, trust me. Once in highschool I was required to do a biography on a person that I had never…
Fall Wardrobe: Quilted Swing Coat
I recently made this quilted, cropped swing coat for my 2 yr old as kind of a wearable muslin. I say that because I used a pattern that I drafted myself, but didn’t bother to test out before cutting into my fabric, and because I’ve never made anything fully lined before. I think it turned…
Cures for a sewing funk
I wouldn’t say I’m in a sewing funk, more so an “I want to sew things I want to sew, not things I need to sew” funk. I am very proud to say that I spent a whole Saturday doing fiddly little things that just needed to get done. But rather than show you the…
Oh my gosh, you guys
Did you read Friday’s post from Oops I Craft My Pants yet? I know, I know, she just posted it. But I couldn’t help but repost it immediately. It’s just the coolest thing. It’s a functionality in Google Reader that allows you to read each new post on your blog list on their actual blog. And…
A Little Help?
Since Susan promptly left for vacation when I got back from mine, now I’m the one talking to myself. Because she not here to give me her opinion, I need yours. I made this fold-over waist knit skirt: I fully intended to go all Alabama Chanin on it, so it has a pink underskirt: The…