All about my sewing journey
Just before Christmas Lansdown Pattern launched a call for pattern testers for their first pattern release. At the time this blog wasn't born yet, but I really wanted to be part of the process behind the scene of launching an independent pattern. I applied for the test and Rachel, the designer of Lansdown Pattern, selected…
I usually start and finish a project, worse case scenario if it really annoys me, i'll keep it on my table for a couple of weeks, but never more than that. With one exception, this swimsuit. I started it exactly one year ago, very excited and full of good intentions, but it just wasn't the…
We are not officially in Summer yet, but Atlanta weather is definitely summery! During Me Made May I felt a little bit lost and overwhelmed, 1000 different ideas and not sure where to start. What usually happens in these cases is that I feel the urge to do some fabric shopping to be ready for…
The only clothes that I want to wear during these hot Atlanta days are dresses. If you follow this blog you'll see a trend for the type of dresses that I like to sew and wear: midi or maxi and in natural fibers. I guess my favorite colors are (as for the rest of my…
Today is the first day of May, which means that Me Made May is starting today! This will be my first year participating, and I'm very intrigued by this challenge. I already wear the clothes that I made basically everyday, but I think it will be interesting to try and style them differently and see…
Weirdly enough I only made one skirt until now, and it was for a friend. I don't wear skirts often and I think I only have two in my wardrobe (now three!). A couple of months ago, while I was planning my spring-summer makes, I stumble upon this fabric on Minerva. It's a royal blue…
What do you make when you have leftover fabric? As I mentioned I'm trying to reduce my fabric stash and while I figure out a way to avoid leftovers for new projects, I still have fabric that I'd like to use up leftover from older projects. This month I focused on using up a couple…
Continue reading ➞ Sewing with leftover fabric: sleeveless top
I'll start by saying that I love this dress. The fabric is gorgeous, lightweight not see-through and the shape is timeless (at least for me). If you read last week's post this was in my plans for this month, and I decided to start with the dress because the weather seemed perfect for it. Seemed...because…
In my last blogpost on my Spring Summer Sewing plans you might have noticed that I'm planning to introduce some bright colors in my wardrobe. I don't remember having ever had a pair of red pants, but I decided to make a pair and see how wearable and "matchable" they'll be. My inspiration was this:…
I started planning for Spring around Christmas break, and now that the weather seems to get warmer and warmer I'm very excited to sew my homemade Spring wardrobe. Even if I already had some ideas, I decided to participate to the Design Your Wardrobe class available on Seamwork (I'm a Seamwork member). I really enjoyed…
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