• I made this @burda_style shirt as a Christmas present for our oldest daughter. She’s opting for privacy but was okay with me showing you the shirt. A...
  • This fabric doesn’t photograph well either. I feel like it’s more colorful in real life. It’s super pretty colors with teal, brown and lilacs on a cre...
  • These are both repeat makes but I think the outfit deserves a spot on the grid. ‍️ The top is McCalls 7977 and the pants are @stylearc ‘s Loddon Woven...
  • Yesterday I kicked off @stylemakerfabrics fall tour. This is a double ad, as both fabric and pattern have been provided to me. This post contains all...
  • If you’re part of the @stylearc fan club you’ll know that The Zalia Woven Top & Dress #sazaliawoventopdress took us all by storm and I feel rather lat...
  • Okay, if I haven’t learned it by now, I probably never will. I keep making patterns with interesting lines in printed fabrics, so you can’t see the in...
  • I’m even surprising myself here. New make with a new pattern. 🤯 Photos taken yesterday, edited AND posted today. The only thing more surprising would...
  • I know we all say ‘time flies’ but here’s a post with photos that proves it. Taken in 2023 (white print) and February 2024 (fuchsia). This is #mccall...
  • Okay, I was hoping I could put all the sewing tips for the #112burda122024 dress in one post but my ‘caption was too long.’ So here’s another post wi...
  • I promised a post (actually you will get two) with sewing tips for the #112burda122024 @burda_style dress I showed you recently. I learned so much mak...
  • Okay, here comes the post about the most challenging pattern I’ve sewn in a long time, maybe even ever. ‍ It’s a @burda_style pattern from 12/2024, pa...
  • Here’s some more sewing for teenagers. This time for our oldest daughter. And it made me dig out a pattern I drafted myself 20 years ago. So last ye...
  • Here are two skirts that I sewed for two of the lovely teenage girls in my life. One is my niece and the other is my youngest daughter. The pattern is...
  • I’m going to hurry up and make the promised post about my niece’s Albie Woven set from @stylearc before another 6 months has gone by. ‍ She wished for...
  • I was stunned to see that I posted only 7 (seven!) 🤯 posts in all of 2024. But I’ve posted at least 30-40 more in my head. 🤦‍️ But apparently no actio...
  • I’m almost recovered from my second round of Covid (overall milder symptoms this time but apparently I’m a puker when I get it, I’m 2 for 2 there, why...
  • The most spring-y of tees, just in time for ours temps to dip down low again. 🥶 When they go back up again, I’m ready! It’s another The Ellis Knit T...
  • Before going to QuiltCon (see previous post) I had already taken these photos. It’s my second pair of The Loddon Woven Pant #saloddonwovenpant and my...
  • If you ever get a chance to go to QuiltCon you should go! Even if you never quilted anything in your life. I found out the day before it started, that...
  • Ahhh, presents reveal day. It’s my beautiful niece’s 12th birthday today and what’s better than waking up (they are 6 hours ahead of us) to photos of...
  • I bet the blog elves must have been delighted and confused when I finally logged in again. The last post on my blog is from September 2022. 🥴 AD: @qu...
  • I usually post a Best Nine collage at the end of the year but with so few posts it felt silly. Also, there were some technological problems too. One...
  • The 70s called, they want their dress back. I bought the Nicks Dress from @closetcorepatterns to make for my sister’s Christmas present. And of cours...
  • Yesterday we finally had a day that felt a bit like there’s hope for fall one day. I’ve been dying to wear this outfit since I made it, so like the g...
  • I have love love loved my first @chalkandnotch Marcel Dress #marceldresspattern and it’s one I reach for on hot hot days, which we have many of. When...
  • This is the Loddon Woven Pant #saloddonwovenpant from @stylearc ▪️My body fit their pants so darn well, that fitting is minimal which is always a trea...
  • As promised in my previous summer sewing recap post, here is the Blanche Knit Dress from @stylearc ▪️I’ve always liked a good t-shirt dress and I like...
  • I’m always amazed at how much faster it is to sew tried and true patterns. Even though I felt like I barely have had any sewing time, I still managed...
  • I almost forgot I had these photos. It’s probably the most sewn pattern in all of sewing IG land, the infamous #m7969 from @mccallpatterncompany This...
  • There are some new pants in town! [ad] It’s the Smeela Pants #ct_smeelapants from @coffeeandthread 🥳 Olga is the sewing blogger I’ve been friends with...