• Peaseblossom 

    October 9, 2017 - By 

    My friend and I throw this party every year. She doesn’t sew but is very artistic so we like to make costumes together. The past few years, we’ve basically come up with party themes based on what kind of dresses/costumes/outfits we want to make. This year’s was A Midsummer Night’s Dream.…

  • mystery fabric contest 2017

    April 12, 2017 - By 

    I’ve been a little absent from the interwebs the past several weeks and here is the reason why. My school does a mystery fabric contest every year (here’s last year’s entry).  The rules are pretty simple. You pick a random bundle of fabric that’s all wrapped up and labeled with…

  • 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…