• Really really stressful Sunday

    February 16, 2014 - By 

    Pattern is Jane by Jane Richmond. I have several finished sewing projects I’ve been wanting to post but I got my ass kicked by a nasty cold last week and I’m still recovering a bit. In the meantime, I’ve been doing a lot of lying in bed and knitting with…

  • Renfreezing

    January 29, 2014 - By 

    top: self-made, pattern here // skirt: self-made, tutorial here // coat: Anthropologie // belt: Modcloth // boots: Boutique 9 // tights: Chinese Laundry I have a bit of a tendency to go a little crazy when I discover a pattern I like. It’s how I ended up with six Daturas…

  • Brain clutter

    January 27, 2014 - By 

    dress: vintage // sweater: Gap // shoes: UO Ecote // tights: Lemon It’s funny how things due in the spring can seem so far off before the holidays, and then as soon as it’s January all the deadlines suddenly loom so much closer. I have what is sort of a…

  • Stash-busting

    January 26, 2014 - By 

    One of the goals I seem to always have but never seem to stick to is that of stash-busting. I’m really good at coming up with excuses for why that pretty shiny new fabric just needs to come home with me. I’m also terrible at estimating yardage so even when…

  • A simple skirt tutorial

    January 22, 2014 - By 

    Want to make a cute super-easy-to-style skirt out of three rectangles (technically four if you count the interfacing, I guess)? I made two versions of this Very Simple Skirt™(blogged here and here) and several people had asked for a tutorial (which I promised ages ago and I apologize for the…