About a month ago one of my friends from graduate school, Miche, from Buttons & Birdcages asked if I'd like to join this blogger package swap. I've always admired her creative refashions. Since I'm still pretty new to this blogging world I am very grateful to Miche for reaching out to me and encouraging me to be involved! As soon as I heard about this package swap with other bloggers who are just all so vibrant...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Engineer sewing
Over the past few weeks I have been realizing more and more the similarities between sewing and Engineering.
Sewing as a basic skill is not difficult but a lot of the skills that are important engineering are also very transferrable to sewing, and can really facilitate any sewing project. I'm no engineer though... my background is more in the biological and social sciences with some statistics thrown in.
My boyfriend is an...
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Flannel Sleep Shorts
Flannel is so cozy and I like wearing PJs beyond t-shirt and gym shorts to sleep. This is really just a personal preference.
During my first major haul of when I purchased all of my start-up stuff for sewing I picked up various flannel from the remnants bin at Joann's. I had not had anything particular in mind in terms of what I was going to do with it. All I knew is that I like flannel and I liked the patterns.......
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Mint and Tiffany blue style : McCall Rocker Dress
When I first started sewing this year, I really thought I'd primarily focus on home decor, purses, accessories, and the like. Currently, sewing clothes has actually been really enjoyable and I've enjoyed the process of tracing, cutting, and being able to envision the final product early on because the pieces just... make sense. I am on so excited about sewing clothes that I've been ordering various clothing patterns. The...
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Sew Nice to Have
Sewing is expensive to start up so I definitely took advantage of whatever steep coupons I could get a hold of before buying a bunch of things. Aside from the thread and sewing machine (the most expensive item) for me I have found that the items below have been very handy (if not a necessity).
Sewing Must Haves:
1. Rotary Cutter and extra blades
2. Measuring tape
3. Small precision/detail scissors (similar)
4....
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Garden party dress complete
This is going to be a short post...
I sewed my first dress!
This is an extension of my previous post {Garden Party Dress: In Progress}
So this pattern is a digital pattern ... it required a lot of cutting and taping.
From reading what people say about digital patterns v. patterns that are already printed on very large thin paper people didn't seem to like the digital ones because the ones you purchase from sites like...
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Garden Party Dress: in progress
Cut & tape together pattern then cut pieces according to your size.
The pattern I used for this is free! and online {HERE, GARDEN PARTY DRESS}
Cut the fabric needed and mark according to pattern on the "wrong" side of the fabric.
As you can see, I still have quite a lot to do yet.
What I have learned so far...
1) BASTE, BASTE, BASTE! much easier than pins, especially when I don't have...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Hauling for Apparel
First major haul from Fabric.com!
I'll be beginning my apparel sewing journey, hopefully sooner rather than later. This is a snap shot of everything that got delivered today! Now... details into the specifics.
Apparel fabric 1:
The color isn't great in this close-up but it's a mint green embossed knit. I plan on making a simple dress with it. The pattern is a lot bigger than I had anticipated but...
Monday, February 3, 2014
Birds to market {tote}
This tote is so functional and the tutorial that I found to do this is one of the best free online tutorials I have come upon! Brought to you by Bijou Lovely, the Market Tote!
The fabric featured here is: Riley Blake Enchant Birds Green (It also comes in Aqua)
The instructions are well done and are very easy to follow so I did not feel the need to supplement with any "tutorial"-esque photos along the way.
Sewing...
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