Need to organize your sewing patterns and plan your design makes? All the tips to use Pinterest to plan sewing projects.
Need to organize your sewing patterns and plan your design makes? All the tips to use Pinterest to plan sewing projects.
This cute, fitted mini dress is sewn up in a fabulous leopard print cotton jacquard using McCall's M7777. Check out the details for this DIY!
Neutral colors and bold prints, this designer inspired dress features lantern sleeves and a voluminous gathered skirt. It's the perfect pattern hack of McCall's M7838 for a warm autumn day.
This shirt is a moment! Color, print and silhouette are my style-forward ideal for workwear. I love the modest collar with just a touch of a sexy shoulder; just a little bit of fun and sass for the office. When I saw this fabric on Mood Fabrics's Instagram feed in December 2016, I had a huge wow moment. I was enamored by the beautiful colors and went into the NYC store that day and had the store associates track down the unopened bolt so I could buy it. Just the same, when I saw another make of Simplicity 8512 on the McCall Pattern Company Facebook group month[...]
Every season for the past few years I've pinned a few versions of the slip dress to my mood boards on Pinterest. I love the simple silhouette in street-style photos, dressed up with heels or made casual with sneakers. A slip dress is like the perfect answer for what to wear for date night, or a concert, or an easy happy hour, or any occasion really. I'm loving the sexy skin showing in summer but when it gets cooler I can wear this dress over a t-shirt or sweater and still showcase the style lines of the slip. So if I love it so much, why then did I wait 2 year[...]
Me Made May has come and gone and I am so happy that I participated for a 2nd year!Β If you don't know, Me Made May is an annual sewist event where makers from around the world challenge themselves to wear more of their handmade clothes and show off their outfits on Instagram - #MeMadeMay2019. Each participant makes a pledge for their own activations during the month so they can grow in their own sewing journeys. Here were my goals: Explore styling my handmade wardrobe to define the brand codes of my personal styleSew through my fabric stash to add colorfu[...]