Until this shirt, I was an utter failure at making shirts. Up until that point they all, without exception, ended up looking like pajamas. This shirt is probably the best example of that: Ugh. Now that I’m seeing it on the screen, it looks like pajamas AND scrubs. I called it a “fail” and threw…
Another Spring Top!
Oh, spring tops. Like M&Ms, potato chips, Mint Milano cookies, ok, really any junk food, I can’t have just one! Or two, as the case may be. So, though the “week” is over, spring top fever continues. Here is my latest. I saw these pretty cascading petals on this shirt, but decided I needed to…
Voile-ah!
Our friend Kim (the fabulous mother of Eve) approached us recently about reproducing one of her favorite tops. Now, in case you don’t remember, Kim has the most fantastic wardrobe of anybody we know, so we were immediately excited. Somehow she can take ordinary items from H&M and Zara and make them extraordinary. Or maybe…
Spring Top Week Top
Are you following Made by Rae’s Spring Top Week? I just went through all the entries on flickr and they are pretty great. Some super talented sewers out there. I love the idea of Spring Top Week because it encourages us to sew for US. Which is good, because kids are so much easier to…
Carefree Clothes for Girls Sew-a-long, Month 1
I’m participating in Elemental Stitch’s Carefree Clothes for Girls sew-a-long. Every month Melissa announces a new pattern from the book for us to make. I love this idea because it will force me to make some of the things I wouldn’t normally have chosen, but will probably end up loving. The first project was the…