Green sweater? Absolutely. Yellow tights? You got it. An orange undershirt? Sure, why not. This is the most versatile dress that I own, and I am absolutely in love with the pattern. Obviously, one could argue that a basic black …
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Rejoice for Wonderful Weekends
A good Monday morning to you all! How was everyone’s weekend? Mine was pretty wonderful except for that middle of the night wake up to a beeping alarm. No, the house wasn’t on fire, just a low battery and a …
Pattern Hacking a 2444
In case some of you are scratching your heads wondering what on earth the title of this post means, let me give you a clue… It involves sewing and the Simplicity 2444. Those of you who do sew, or obsessively …
A Completed Simplicity 2444
Hello, all you blog readers! If you stopped by today hoping to read about something that I have made, you are in luck. As you may have noticed, my blogging was a bit sparse last week. I have been busy, …
Yes, I Now Have Three of These Dresses
Because, why wouldn’t I have three of the same dress? Wouldn’t you if you were trying to perfect a pattern and thought maybe just maybe the third time would be the best one yet? Well, after making this dress THREE …
A Little Bit of Inspiration – of the Sewing Kind
It’s not Monday, and over here on the blog I am trying to make Mondays be about sewing projects and things that I have made/completed. I didn’t have anything to show for this week – being out of town last …
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The Red Pineapple Dress
I really don’t know how I managed to make a dress last week. It was the busiest week of my summer yet and it seemed like the only things that I did were go to the state park, swim, and …
A Serendipitous End
This twelve month sewing spree of mine has finally come to an end. I am in no way done with sewing, just done with my Dress-a-Month challenge I gave myself last July. My last dress for this sewing project was …
Eleven Dresses Down and Only One Left to Go…
Eleven dresses sounds like so many to me, how about to you? I don’t think in a year’s time I have ever bought eleven dresses. If I think about it, I buy maybe four, possibly even six dresses in a …
Rejoice for the Day 