Free patterns are the best patterns

While procrastinating the other day, I found this great free pattern, courtesy of Fabric.com, for a beach cover up. Pretty cute huh?
I’m thinking about leaving the button closure out and instead just sew that seam up a bit. If you found the right fabric, it could be a great sundress, and so easy. Especially after [...]

Woes in the world of sewing

Soooo….remember the graduation dress I worked on this spring? Well it came out great! It had been hanging up for the last few weeks waiting for graduation. But what did I wear on Saturday? A blue and white sundress that I bought last summer. Why? Because when I put on my graduation dress about 30 minutes [...]

Finally finished!

Well, I finished my graduation dress over the weekend. And with three weeks to spare! This project was a huge learning curve for me! LOTS of hand sewing, which I’m generally terrible at. It took a few goes, but I got the hang of it.

I’m going to put a full pattern review on Pattern Review [...]

Invisible Zipper How-To

It’s been raining here the last few days but the sun is shining at our house! My roommate has grow lights up and the space heater on in our bathroom for a whole army of little seedlings. Watermelon, eggplant, brussel sprouts. Yum. Only two plants have been attacked by the puppies so far. We’re hoping to [...]

Spring time and dresses

Do you know that feeling that you get when you step inside after standing by a bonfire as the sun goes down? And your nose and ears are cold but the rest of you still has the lingering warmth of the fire? And the house smells like fire and spring time? That is the best. It [...]