• Panic sewing for the ballet

    So a few months ago, my ballet teacher announced she was organizing an outing to see Jewels at Boston Ballet. I dug out my green dupioni silk dress I made for my sister’s wedding in 2022, was delighted that it fit again post baby #2, and that was that. And…

  • Adventures in drafting // christmas dress 2016

    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…

  • Lady velvet

    dress: self-made, pattern here // shoes: Seychelles *The fabric for this project was provided by Funki Fabrics and all opinions, anecdotes, and messy hand-stitching are my own. I feel like a lot of my project posts start off as “So Katie from Skunkboy posted this awesome outfit and I ran off…

  • Floral Francoise

    dress: self-made, pattern here // shoes: Seychelles *Note: I received this pattern from Tilly free of charge. All thoughts, opinions, and crazy fabric choices are my own.* I don’t even remember how long I’d been wanting a Peter Pan collared shift dress. I’ve made several collared dress with waist shaping/seams but…