Leveling up: Making an Elegant Evening Gown
November 18, 2015
With a week until the Child’s Play Charity Dinner, I’ve started working on a new gown. … More Leveling up: Making an Elegant Evening Gown
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Sitting Down for The Better Pictures Project
October 23, 2015
Yesterday was one of those glorious autumn days people write poems about. Bright blue sky above Wintering ducks on the lake Flameless trees burn on (That’s a Fabric Alchemist original.) Yesterday was one of those days this sewcialist craves for photos – good warm light, dry surfaces, and colorful backdrops. I had been waiting for … More Sitting Down for The Better Pictures Project
The Better Pictures Project – Get Outside
October 6, 2015
I don’t take the train to work anymore, but when I missed my bus this morning I caught a ride with my husband and we found ourselves on our old commute routine. #nostalgia The sun was rising, the air was chilly, and I felt cozy in my new fall sweater. While I waited for the … More The Better Pictures Project – Get Outside
How I F-ed up my Wardrobe Architect exercise
October 5, 2015
I’ve been approaching Wardrobe Architect wrong. Not in the steps followed, but in the resulting frame of mind. I took what was designed to be an exercise in self-discovery and intentionality, and transformed it into yet another way to stress myself out over the search for perfection. … More How I F-ed up my Wardrobe Architect exercise
Sewing Room 2.0 – Sewing Station
August 15, 2015
A sewing room isn’t a sewing room without a place to do the sewing. After 3 months of active sewing in this space I am not yet convinced that I have designed the “perfect sewing station”, but I am getting closer. With the opportunity to reinvent my sewing room, I laid out three goals for … More Sewing Room 2.0 – Sewing Station
A Handmade Wedding – Anniversary Post
June 9, 2015
The one question I was asked again and again during our short engagement was, “Will you be making your wedding dress?” I did, but I couldn’t stop there.
I have been meaning to write this post for, well, a year. … More A Handmade Wedding – Anniversary Post
The Me-Made-May Recap of the Recaps
June 2, 2015
I wore something handmade 28 days out of the month, and photographed 26 of those items. … More The Me-Made-May Recap of the Recaps
Me-Made-May ’15: The Final Week
June 1, 2015
We’ve made it! Our 31 days of wearing handmade clothes and accessories are over. After not participating last year, I am ready to end the 2015 Me Made May on a high note. … More Me-Made-May ’15: The Final Week
Me-Made-May ’15: Days 19 – 25
May 29, 2015
I am reaching the running-out-of-steam phase of Me-Made-May. The weather isn’t warming up. I really miss pants. I also wish I could do some laundry! … More Me-Made-May ’15: Days 19 – 25
Sewing Room 2.0 – A Little Feng Shui
April 30, 2015
A fit of insomnia coupled with twitchy muscles drove me out of bed and into my unpacked sewing room. If I couldn’t sleep, at least I would be productive. … More Sewing Room 2.0 – A Little Feng Shui
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