• Adventures in drafting – overalls

    February 15, 2017 - By 

    I was sooo sad when my pants drafting class ended. Huge sad face. The class was taught by Lynda Maynard (who also taught the Copying RTW class I took over the summer) and it was so much fun and I feel like a master of crotch fit now. That sounds…

  • Adventures in drafting // christmas dress 2016

    January 30, 2017 - By 

    OHAI. It’s been a while. I realized the other day that while I’ve alluded to certain things, I haven’t actually talked about anything life-related in a while. So here’s a life update in a  nutshell: Last year I decided that my old career was not exactly panning out to be what…

  • Accidental Sashiko

    November 21, 2016 - By 

    There’s a funny story behind this dress. Several months ago I got one of those “Here are all the things your stash needs!” emails from Fabric.com and one of the fabrics pictured caught my eye. I forget the designer (I want to say Robert Kaufman but I might be lying) but…

  • Toasty

    November 2, 2016 - By 

    jacket: pattern here  Was everyone keeping Waffle Patterns a secret from me?? I discovered them a while ago actually, and I remember my impression being that all of her samples looked impeccably, perfectly put together and that I loved the shapes of her garments but wasn’t sure I could pull…

  • Flower-picking

    October 1, 2016 - By 

    About a million years ago I bought this dress at Forever21. It was a cute little cotton floral dress with a lined bodice, back cut-out, gigantic pockets, and pretty wooden buttons along the back. It fit me perfectly and was the perfect comfy summer dress. Or the perfect dress for picking…