What is Slow Fashion? (If you don't already know)Slow Fashion is an awareness and approach to fashion, which considers the processes and resources required to make clothing, particularly focusing on sustainability. It involves buying better-quality garments that will last for longer and values fair treatment of people, animals and the planet. For me making your [...]
When I think about the benefits of social media, most specifically Instagram, I think about how it allows for me to connect with a community of sewists from around the world. It's crazy to me that people in Australia and Italy have purchased and sewn up my patterns. It's also inspiring because you see so [...]
FEBRUARY 25TH-MARCH 3RD Helllllllooooooo Sewists! I am super excited to host my first sew-a-long from Feb 25th-March 3rd. During this week, we will sew together! Each day, I will post a short video tutorial of the techniques to sew each part. The Parker Peplum is such an easy pattern, and I hope you guys enjoy [...]
Hey Hey Hey! Many of you have probably noticed I have been talking a lot about D & H Fabrics lately (since I love fabric so much and could possibly be a hoarder at this point, hehe). My eyes are always on the look out for new independent fabric stores! When I saw Tammy's posts [...]
I love taking old clothes and revamping them. I recently took one of my husbands old buttonups and made it into a skirt! Here's what you need: 1 Men's button up shirt 0.5 yards 1/2 inch wide elastic Matching thread Interfacing- 1/4 yard 1. Draw a line from arm pit to armpit and cut the [...]
Who Made It Best is a friendly challenge hosted by Melissa of Mahalica Designs, where she pairs up with a fellow blogger and we sew the same pattern to see "Who Made It Best?" The challenge rules are simple: 1. We agree on a pattern to use 2. Sew it up to suit our personal [...]
I love finding the little ole independently-owned fabric shops when I travel. A few weeks ago I went to Austin, Texas for a work conference and this time was no different. If we want our community to thrive, we must support each other! (Editor's note: Unfortunately since publishing this blog post, both shops have closed [...]
Its that time again for a call for Pattern Testers! The Aspen Tank is a flowy sleeveless tank pattern with the option to add a fun gathered cap sleeve. Overall this is an easy pattern. Skills needed for this pattern include gathering and applying bias tape. This pattern is designed for wovens, so any lightweight [...]
What in the world is Me Made May? Well it's just a month to celebrate all that we have made for ourselves and integrate handmade items into our everyday wardrobe! Zoey from So, Zoe Blog created this challenge and you can find more out about it here on her blog. About 5 ish years [...]
If you are anything like me, you like easy and fast! Obviously, I can make my own patterns from scratch but I just have a million other things I want to do and not enough time (I honestly think we should have 36 hour days: I'd be so much more productive!). Using pattern pieces you [...]
