a coat or a dress
ummmm. other than the weight of the fabric, is there a difference?I put lots of ease in The Bean’s clothes, so that they’ll fit for a long time, and so that she can run/wiggle as much as she wants…. I drafted this pattern to make her a simple raincoat, but I don’t want to cut […]
hand vs. machine…
see this dress: isn’t it GORGEOUS!?!?!?!? I found it in this book, which I got at the library, while looking for girls fashion. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this dress! love the embroidery, love the sash, love the zipper front, love ALL of it. but it’s vintage, and in a book, so, clearly, I can’t have […]
Huck Finn Cap
I LOVE this hat!I bought the pattern to make a hat for D, but of course, even though the pattern is supposed to fit up to a 10 year old, my son’s head is an whole INCH bigger than the biggest size. So I’m going to have to enlarge the pattern, boo.I figured before I […]
Why do I even bother?
I've spent hours hand embroidering a dress/cat bed. Awesome.
roses? maybe a whole bouquet?
I was working on some embroidery tonight, and then after I finished it, I still had 15 minutes of tivo’d Glee to finish watching… so I pulled out a pipe cleaner to make these roses (aren’t they amazingly pretty!)… but I don’t love it when I do it…. I think it needs the raggedy edge, […]
redemption
here’s the mostly fixed version of the 1930s apple dress… clearly I need to read more Anthro catalogs, because I am HORRIBLE at naming dresses…I called it the Mavis dress on the pattern pieces I drafted… My wonderful grandmother doesn’t like the Bean’s real name (Leonora)… she wanted me to name her Devery. (NOPE! not […]
the aviatrix dress…
when I was younger, I totally adored Shirley Temple (if I still had time to watch her movies, I would)…I particularly love her wardrobe… and now that my daughter can wear dresses, and I can sew, CLEARLY I need to make her some Shirley Temple-esque dresses! (right? RIGHT!)unfortunately, I can’t find patterns… When there are […]
rough week last week…
last week was a real bummer of a week. nothing ACTUALLY horrible or tragic, just a bunch of crafting problems. but when you’re me, that’s a MAJOR bummer. so this is my venting post, and hopefully it will be cathartic, so then I’m going to post my redemption…first up: a pair of socks for my […]
Check off the stem stitch!
I finally (FINALLY) feel like I have mastered the stem stitch. Hopefully this dress will get fully embroidered/sewn/finished in the next week so I can wear it to a wedding (!!!!!!) next weekend.
Apple Dress
the pleated jumper pattern I drafted a few days ago, plus an apple pocket and some puffed sleeves! the apple pocket is VERY much appreciated by the bean…. and I love the flare of the skirt…. tres Shirley Temple, n’est pas? the apple fabric is a remnant from Joann, and the apple pocket is from […]