Today we are over at We All Sew sharing our Vintage Sundress Pattern that I have been working on behind the scenes for awhile now, and I am very excited to be sharing it with all of you today. I feel like this dress is kind of a momentous occasion around here (even though it's really not--I am totally being dramatic) but is the first time that I patterned-drafted completely from scratch for more than one size. I think I tested it about 8 or 10 times and although I am still nervous ... View the Post
A Pink Swing Dress
(Sorry for the pictures being so light on this dress....we were working on a time crunch and full sunlight and some seriously, crazy wind. And these were the best we got.) I have a girl who is getting tall and all of the handmade dresses I have made are too short. So, last week I cut out a couple dresses and I sewed this light pink swing dress up yesterday. I used the pattern below but added 1.5 inches to the hem (although I should have done more, but she wasn't home at the time---so I ... View the Post
A yellow polka-dot……
I shared this post awhile back when Melissa was having her Polka-dot series, but today I am bringing it home.... The sewing studio winner is being announced at the end of the post (how is that for mean?) One thing we love at Simple Simon is Vintage Patterns! We can't get enough of them. So I knew that the combination of a vintage pattern and polka-dots would be just the thing. I had fun going through my vintage stash to find one that suited the polka-dot perfectly and when I came across ... View the Post
Spring Lookbook: Peplum Top
I have two more looks to show you this week and then a big surprise coming up later on this week that liZ and I have been working on for awhile. (You are not going to miss it---it really is that good.) Today's look was 110 percent inspired copied from Jill's Peplum Shirt that she made for the ugly pattern challenge. Hers was fantastic and I couldn't help myself from sewing one up. I used the pattern that I gave you HERE; lengthened the bodice, shortened the sleeves and added a circle peplum ... View the Post
Spring Lookbook: Raspberry Sorbet
........She wore a Raspberry beret sorbet.....(now you are going to be singing that song all day too.) Good ole' 80's Prince.Because I always have to include a vintage pattern into my look-books, this dress is the vintage-goodness for this Spring. It is made from this pattern and was not changed a bit (so unlike me at times).I fell in love with the asymmetrical bodice the minute I saw the pattern and have been saving it until it would fit. I can see a lot more of these dresses in the ... View the Post
Sewing Secrets: Pattern Cutting
One sewing secret (although I don't think it is really that secret) that I like to do is to cut patterns out all at once. Once a week my husband has late meetings, so I usually use that time to cut patterns of things that I want to make that next week.It's the time of night that my kids are in bed, I can spread things out on the floor and make a huge mess while listening to a good movie. I usually spend 1-2 hours going to town pinning and cutting out every pattern that is in my ... View the Post
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