Holy crap it’s been a long time since I blogged. I had JUST gotten settled into a routine at our new apartment and had just found a couple great spots for blog photos… and then we got a puppy. I had literally pulled everything out of my closet that morning with plans to add in shelving and finally reorganize my clothes and sewing supplies. In the midst of this, we were perusing the pets section of Craiglist (as one does..) and came across two fluffy little cuties that happened to be a couple streets away.

Let’s just see what happens.. we said. Shocking that we ended up with one. Joking aside, she’s the absolute sweetest. I’ve tried to keep my Instagram feed to sewing-related things, but there’s a string of story highlights (what are those even called?) featuring Miss Chloe Goose.

Anyway, puppy management plus winter sunset hours plus full time job made it super hard to find time for sewing, much less actually photographing anything. BUT recently I finally bought a FLASH. It’s been life-changing. It’s this one, if anyone is interested. It’s super easy to use and works amazingly well. There aren’t many areas in our apartment that are decent for photos, hence the boring background. At least it’s well lit!

Other life updates, THIS HAPPENED.

Excuse me while my brain explodes trying to settle on a SINGLE wedding dress design. Just kidding, I’ve already decided I’m making multiple dresses.

Anyway, in my super limited sewing time this past year, I’ve managed to squeeze a couple projects in, including this Eliot sweater and these jeans.

I adore the high-low top looks, and the Eliot sweater is seriously the perfect amount of high-low. I made the one with the larger cowl too, which is super cozy. The fabric is from Stone Mountain and is so lovely. It was upstairs in a discount bin so I’m not entirely sure what’s in it but it’s kind of a slubby French terry that I sewed slubs out, and feels like there’s some nylon in it? I should burn some and find out. I bought enough for a second top, which I think I want to use to make a second cowl-less Eliot.

The jeans are not that exciting, except that I haven’t had pants that fit in over a year and have been living primarily in leggings. Whoops. These are the same skinny jean draft I drafted in Lynda Maynard’s pants class. I did screw up the back waistband a bit, and it’s definitely not the prettiest fly front I’ve ever sewn, but the fabric is scrumptious and they fit so well. The denim is also from Stone Mountain (this one I think??), and is super stretchy and soft. Fortunately I bought enough for a second pair so hopefully those will be prettier.

Anyway, I have some posts lined up that I’ve been wanting to share. So excited to be blogging again!