by kelerr
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.” Ann Lamott Do you ever have that feeling that you just need to reset your entire life? That was definitely me recently. I was insanely busy at work, with event after event. My apartment was a mess. I was eating terribly, not exercising and exhausted all the time. I was having trouble doing anything I liked: I wasn’t sewing, I wasn’t reading. I mostly found […]
by kelerr
“Everything I know, see or hear, every part of my life is transformed into dresses. They are my daydreams, but they have passed from dreamland into the world of everyday items to wear.” (Christian Dior) One day, doing a quick click through Instagram stories, a Dior dress caught my eye. I immediately slowed down to enjoy the glory of these beautiful gowns, and then of course wanted to know where they were. This is how I learned about the Dior: […]
Categories: Fashion, Out and About, Travel Tales, Traveling
by kelerr
I don’t think the costumes of the Harry Potter series get a lot of credit, but when you really break it down, there’s a lot to think about. Along with the rest of the design team, the costume designer needs to create a unique look for an equally unique world and combine that with the modern-day world as well. The characters have their robes, their school uniforms and their “real” clothes that they wear when interacting with Muggles. On top […]
Categories: Costumes, Movies, Travel Tales, Traveling
by kelerr
With my trip being last month, I wanted to have lots of new clothes to wear in Scotland. Thus, April became a bit of a sewing frenzy! I made more personal projects than I have in months, and I’m thinking this is the beginning of a very productive period for me! First up, we have Lea. The Lea Dress came with an issue of Lisa Comfort Magazine last spring, and I’ve never made it. Now, its one of my favorite […]
Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing, Travel Tales, Traveling
by kelerr
Hello from London! We’ve headed out of Scotland and into London for a few days of whirlwind sightseeing that includes Sew Over It (live in person), a play, a visit to the Harry Potter Studio tour and the Christian Dior exhibit at the Victoria & Albert. It’s going to be a whirlwind forty-eight hours, one that I will tell all about once I get all the photos uploaded and ready! For today, enjoy another schedule post. It’s almost May, which […]
by kelerr
Greetings from Scotland! I’m on vacation this week, and I WILL be doing detailed posts about my activities as soon as I’m back, but for now I’ve got some scheduled stuff for you! Schitt’s Creek has long been one of my favorite things currently on television. I discovered it on Netflix a few years ago, and am now an avid fan. I adore the story of the Rose family, once extremely wealthy but who have their fortune stolen from them. […]
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
This year’s musical feels like whirlwind experience right now, though if you had asked me about it three months ago, I might’ve told you it was going really well, and then gone off and stress cried. But now that we’re a few weeks away from our run, I feel like it all went by in a blur, and I miss it dearly. You don’t truly know until you’re in the trenches of a musical yourself, but you become a family […]
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