First post-baby project done and dusted! (A month ago and just getting to writing it up now, but never mind). … More
Tag: diy
Sh!t’s Got Serious: A Sewing Space Overhaul
Look, I don’t know what came over me (aside from constantly tripping over various measuring tools, never being able to … More
Baby Blankets for Lazy Sewists: A Super-Simple DIY Quilt
In that last few months, we’ve had two new babies to celebrate. I wanted to give them (eh hem, their parents) something … More
Acknowledging defeat: mon petit disaster
You know those friends you have who tell you your handmade dress looks great when actually they should be telling … More
Laurel-ized Marfy: Adventures in workdresses.
I wanted to make a couple of easy dresses for work. And I wanted these dresses to have sleeves to … More
Six Months Later: Wedding Dress Wrap-Up
This post is a long (long) time coming. But we’re at the half-year mark in our marriage and so I … More
The Neverending Wrap Dress: Vogue 8827
Doesn’t this woman look classy. Try as I might, though, no dress is going to flatten my chest and cause … More
Beginner Sewist Coatmaking: Thoughts on Butterick 5822
I’ve been in tedium town all morning since I got out of bed at mid-day, pinning and ironing and sewing … More
Mr Roboto Dress: This Was Not a Halloween Costume
I was, perhaps, inappropriately enthusiastic about making a dress out of some wool/silk blend I’d picked up at Fabric Mart. … More
Shot at Redemption: Colette Myrtle, with Sleeves.
I was pretty grump after making my first Colette Myrtle, and I really wasn’t planning on a second one. But … More