• 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…

  • De-bubbling

    January 31, 2013 - By 

    This summer I visited my sister and she handed me a monstrosity of a garment and asked if I wanted it. I glanced at the bubble skirt, the white and silver buttons that completely clashed with the beigey material, and winced. But then I noticed the adorable collar detailing, remembered…

  • Shoe rescue – Part 2

    January 30, 2013 - By 

    Don’t you love it when you order something fully expecting it to take 635 business days to arrive or some nonsense and then three days later it’s snuggled in your mailbox just waiting for you? I do. When we last left off on the fascinating saga of my Lottas, they…

  • Shoe rescue – Part 1

    January 24, 2013 - By 

    You may recall this lovely pair of Lottas that I got last summer. In fact, they’re even featured in my blog header. Except you might have noticed that they’ve faded quite a bit. Yikes! And sad 🙁 What also kind of sucks is that I ordered the wrong size so…