by kelerr
It’s time for the second installment of taking a look at the costumes for The Little Mermaid. Last week I outlined some of the major players. This week we’re going to look at some of the other characters, as well as Ariel’s human dresses. Ariel’s Human Dresses All of Ariel’s human costumes were designed to call back to her ocean life. Her main human dress had a pattern on it that reminded me of something that might grow underwater. I […]
by kelerr
One of my favorite things about sewing is that you can take a pattern and make it up in a number of different ways, creating different looking garments each time. I love playing around with patterns to see what I can cook up next, but admittedly some are more fun than others. This will be the first in my “tried and true patterns” series, talking about the patterns I have used over and over again (regardless of variation). Today’s tried […]
by kelerr
As mentioned in my last post, it took me a while to get moving on my other interests again once The Little Mermaid was over. However, I managed to squeeze in three makes for March! First up was the Eve Dress from Sew Over It. This was my first time making the dress, and it went together quickly and easily! I was surprised, as I had been dreading the project, even though I had the fabric cut out and was […]
by kelerr
Hi, my name is Kelly and I’m a fabric-holic. At the time of this writing, I have spent money on fabric exactly two hours ago, and I have two fabric club subscription boxes on their way to me. I think about fabric multiple times a day. I search for it on the internet and mentally decided what I could make with it. I dream of having an unlimited budget so that my stash can grow and grow and grow and […]
by kelerr
No one is as shocked as I am at how much I managed to make for myself over this past month. I have not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE makes to show you. Now, in all honestly, the first make I’m going to show you was started a while ago (so long ago that I can’t remember when exactly), and this month I polished it off and added the sleeves and did the hems. It really […]
by kelerr
It’s an all sewing-centric week on the blog! My original post for today was going to be about my makes for February (I shockingly have several). However, some nasty weather thwarted my ability to get photos of everything last week and so I’ll save that post for this Friday. Now that The Little Mermaid, Jr. is over, it’s time to get back to sewing for me! I have missed making my own clothes so very much and have found myself […]
by kelerr
I’m sad to say that I do not have a ton to show you this month, however to make up for it I’m going to post some previews of my costumes for The Little Mermaid once I show you the one thing I’ve managed to make for myself recently. I’m actually cheating because the dress I’m going to show off here was actually made at the very, very end of December, right before my Christmas vacation ended and I had […]
by kelerr
Instagram is a funny thing, isn’t it? Through the power of social media, I have learned so many little challenges and hashtags that I can participate in. One fine example of this is the #makenine challenge, in which you post a grid image of nine patterns that you plan to make in the upcoming year. I’m sharing my Make Nine a little more officially here, with some fabric choices and ideas, and with the full knowledge that I will almost […]
by kelerr
In 2018, I began transitioning my wardrobe from ready-made to “me made.” It kind of happened by accident at first, but after a while I realized I was buying more fabric than ready-to-wear clothing, and preferring my makes to the items I had bought in the store. After a lot of summertime sewing, I actually had wearable pieces that I had created with my own two hands, and I was excited to show them off. I feel the need to […]
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