by kelerr
My second make of 2021 is done! And it was a completely spur of the moment dress that only took a few days to complete from conception of the idea to finished product. About a year ago, I purchased about three meters of a checked wool from Blackbird Fabrics (the bottom in the photo below). I had a vague idea of what I wanted to do with it, but then it just sat. And sat. And sat. We went into […]
by kelerr
I have completed my first official project of 2021! This was a completely new project from cut to finish, rather than something that’s been in my to do pile for a while (I’ll get to those, but it’s fun for the first make to be something completely new and different!). I can’t say why I chose the Carolyn Pajama Pattern from Closet Core Patterns as my first project of 2021, but I have been planning to make them for a […]
by kelerr
So… I finished the main series. In this special installation I have the FINAL six BSC books… and one random California Diaries that fell in between them. If I had gotten here as a kid, I would’ve spent days being sad about the end of my beloved book series. As an adult who has been frantically trying to read them all within a year of time, it’s a bit of a relief, though there is a touch of emotion there […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
Here it is: my final “What I Read” post for 2020 (granted it is 2021 when you’re reading about them)! I’m pretty proud of what I managed to accomplish this year, reading-wise. However, that was simply because I had more time, and not because I worked any harder at it than in previous years. I love to read, but it often falls by the wayside for other things I need to do so it really all depends on how busy […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
Happy New Year! I think we can all agree that 2020 was a weird year. However, it was also a pretty productive year for me, in bits and pieces. I was able to have more sewing time, but with that I was able to procrastinate more. Even so, I had random surges of productivity both before and after quarantine started, and it’s time to round up the makes for the year! All the pattern names have links to their sites, […]
by kelerr
After a few weeks of losing a ton of steam on this reading, I am back! I am getting so close to the end, I don’t want to stop now! Changing it up a little bit to just include a little summary and my thoughts. I very much doubt the series will make it this far. We open this installment with Abby in Wonderland (#121). And… it was weird. Abby, Anna and their mother travel to the Hamptons for vacation […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
Merry Christmas! Prior to the holidays, I had a productive week of polishing off a few makes. One of those names was the Simple Sew Skater Dress. Though I was familiar with the pattern company, this was my first foray into making one of their patterns. I had some fabric from Mind the Maker that I was eager to use, and it seemed a nice match! I was looking for a simple party dress vibe to show off the quirky […]
by kelerr
I cannot believe I haven’t made an Ava Skirt, being the Sew Over It fan that I am. It’s such a simple make, perfect for any sewing level and yet, until this week, I had not tackled one, and I have no idea why! I got the motivation to do the project from looking at my stash. The fabric I used was a gift from my grandmother last Christmas. She bought the fabric in Scotland on a trip she took […]
by kelerr
December has just been flying by, hasn’t it?! I can’t believe we are already nearly four months done with this school year and only two weeks away from the New Year! Even though I haven’t been very busy, I’ve somehow been busy. I realize that statement doesn’t make any sense, but I’ve had a ton of little things that I needed to take care of this month, and they have all kind of added up to equal less sewing time […]
