by kelerr
I cannot believe I am about to say this but… I have NO makes for September. Seriously. Not one… except for a fail. I finished up a Sew Over It Florence Dress, and I just don’t like it. It’s not a total fail by any means. There were no construction issues and it seems to fit fine, but there’s something about it that just doesn’t suit me. I think it’s the waistband it just a tad too high and I […]
by kelerr
Note/Disclaimer: This is another repost of an old Halloween costume. This was originally posted in 2013, a year after I was supposed to actually use this costume, but because of Hurricane Sandy, work was cancelled on Halloween and this costume never saw the light of day. However, the post was written as though it did. It’s that time of year again, and I’m starting to put together my Homemade Halloween post. This year, the costume needed to be bigger […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made
by kelerr
NOTE: This is a repost from 2011. Partially because my busy schedule doesn’t allow for as much sewing time as I want and it was rough to come up with something to post for today, and partially because we’re about five weeks from my next Homemade Halloween post (costume top secret until then!). This is one of my proudest accomplishments. So I thought it would be fun to revisit the Halloween posts that probably got buried in the archives! Every […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made
by kelerr
Confession time: I had a lot of trouble coming up with today’s post. This hasn’t happened since earlier in the year when I committed to a regular blogging schedule. So far, I haven’t missed a single entry day, though I will admit that many have been down to the wire! Over the summer, I was able to prep a bunch of posts in advance, but back to work busy-ness and fatigue set in hard this week. I was hoping that […]
by kelerr
It’s hard to believe that summer vacation is a thing of the past now. Ten free weeks to travel between home and upstate at my leisure was amazing, and I enjoyed it while it lasted. Though it wasn’t a crazy exciting summer, it was restful and definitely something I needed. I tried to make the most of the time I had, and as August drew to a close, I took advantage of having one more long weekend off from work […]
Categories: Fashion, Out and About, Sewing
by kelerr
Oh, man. I went back to work this week and I am exhausted! The first week back is always the roughest, and I’ve gotten home everyday and just completely vegged out on the couch. So far, no sewing has really occurred in September (just a few starts that I need to get back to), but I’m kind of okay with that right now, as I managed to produce six new items in August! First up we have the Chalk and […]
by kelerr
I am the typist of sewist who likes to have more than one project going at a time. Most of the time, I find this makes me more productive. When I get stuck on a step I don’t want to do right away, I can work on something different rather than procrastinate. This is in part why I am able to complete projects so quickly (or often why it seems like I’m completing projects so quickly – I tend to […]
by kelerr
It’s time for another Tried and True Patterns feature! In order for me to consider a pattern tried and true, I need to have made it at least three times, and this month the Sew Over It Heather dress joined the list. I successfully made my third version of this comfy jersey dress. I was wary of Heather at first glance. I was concerned that it would have a boxy, unflattering fit, but after looking at a lot of samples […]
Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing, Uncategorized
by kelerr
Like much of what I make, I became interested in the Colette Patterns Wren Dress after seeing someone else’s on their Instagram account. It was one of those situations in which I was vaguely familiar with the pattern, but because I didn’t like the view in the picture, I didn’t explore the other options. And while I don’t like the cover version of the dress, the other view is amazing. So I set to work on the dress. Colette is […]
Categories: Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing, Uncategorized
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