I used to really hate kale. The only way I’d ever eaten it was steamed with a little bit of soy sauce, which just ends up tasting like a mushy mouthful of watery soy sauce and leaves. Not fun, especially for a kid. But it is really healthy for you,…
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On perfect fabrics falling out of the sky (not literally)
Sometimes I’ll have a project in mind and will search high and low and not be able to find the right fabric for it. When I was making my Betty Draper dress for the Mad Men party I went to, I literally spent hours perusing eBay and fabric.com and went…
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Winter-ifying
dress: Dear Creatures // top: Ross // tights: Modcloth // boots: Boutique 9 // scarf: thrifted You know that feeling when you’re craving a season that still at least five months away and clothing more suited to that season starts jumping out at you from your closet and you briefly consider…
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More collar love
dress: self-made // tights: Modcloth // belt: Modcloth // boots: Boutique 9 Anyway, I think this might be my favorite of the Burda 7739 bunch I’ve made. I also think it might be safe to say that I’m a little obsessed with this pattern, considering I’ve already made it three…
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The sketching stage
I’m working on some fun stuff this weekend. I bought this fabric a week ago but I’ve been too scared to cut into it since I don’t have a pattern for this project and it’s been a while since I’ve free-handed a garment sans pattern. Yesterday I sat down and…