top: Vogue 8815 // shorts: American Eagle I have three favorite things about this pattern. 1) It legit takes about twenty minutes to put together. 2) It works great with heavier knits with less stretch (I’ve used ponte both times) even though it was drafted for wovens (you just have to take…
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An axillary beast
coat: self-made, pattern here // jeans: self-made, pattern here // top: on the blog soon! // shoes: Swedish Hasbeens I have recently become coat obsessed. I blame Sonja’s coat post from a few weeks ago. I think it’s my way of coping with the sadness of summer being over. Although technically it was 80…
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de Nîmes
top: self-made, pattern here // jeans: self-made, pattern here // shoes: Swedish Hasbeens For a while now I’ve wanted to have a mostly handmade wardrobe. I wanted to be able to look down at my outfit and know that I made most of it. A happy percentage for my ego…
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Burdastyle Sewing Blog contest
Just wanted to pop in and say thank you to whoever nominated me for Burdastyle’s 50 Best Bloggers for Sewing Enthusiasts contest! I’m having an awesome time checking out some new-to-me blogs on the list. You can cast your votes (you get to pick 20!) here.
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Distract with a bow
dress: self-made // shoes: Swedish Hasbeens // bow: F21 The second I saw this fabric I knew it was going to be a Belladone. Even if there wasn’t enough I planned on making a peplum top version. Luckily with some strategic fabric cutting, there was! I snagged this from Tall…