Seeing Stars: A Darling Ranges Dress and My Love For Star Print Everything

Hi! I am so excited to share my latest sew with you all today! But before I get into it, I have to just come out and profess that I love stars. Not celebrity stars...I'm talking about the stars that sparkle and shine in the velvet night sky. There is just something about the vastness…

A Very Darling Darling Ranges Blouse

Being someone who is often last to jump onto the bandwagon of trends, as well as always seeming to be the "last to know" everything, I only just found out that September is National Sewing Month. I've figured it out when I've been seeing so many lovely sews on IG lately marked with #sewseptember, #septembersews,…

Covid & Another Gunne Sax Repro (Simplicity 9015)

Welp, the inevitable has happened. After managing to hide from and dodge the dreaded Covid for a little over two years now, my powers of Evasion & Invisibility have proven futile in the end. Yep. My family and I all tested positive for the ’Vid earlier this month. All four of us were all over…

Creating & Organizing My Future Sews

“Oh wow, I forgot I even had that!” “I knew I had this pattern somewhere!” “This fabric is so pretty! How many yards of this did I buy again?” “Wait, I have three of the same pattern? How did that happen?” So, I just finished sorting through and organizing my sewing pattern cart and fabric…

My 70s Dream Dress Fulfilled: Vintage Gunne Sax Sewing Patterns

I did it. After many days--months--years--I finally have the ultimate 70s Dream Dress in my wardrobe!! As you very well know by now, I love the whole 60s-70s boho/hippie/folk/flowerchild fashion era, and I've always ooh-ed, aahh-ed, and coveted all the twirly, airy, flowy, flowery tunics, skirts, and dresses from that time. One type of clothing…

Vintage Mccalls 3131: The Brown Dress Gets Her Cinderella Moment

As you may already know, the 60s and 70s are my favorite fashion eras. Mini dresses from the 60s, and long, flowing, boho dresses from the 70s are my absolute favorite articles of clothing from those times. If I could get my hands on every single vintage dress in those styles, you bet I’d be…

Reliving My Youth and That 90’s Vibe

Hello friends! So I mentioned back in my previous post (on my other blog) that I’ve been sorta stuck in a dressmaking rut. Well, this is still, unfortunately true. And while it makes me sad because I really love making dresses, I think its just because I’m just looking for a bit of change at…