by kelerr
It’s amazing how being back to regular work just strips all the of sewjo right out of me. I’m not even that busy outside of work hours, but I’ve found myself just coming home and vegging out more than anything else lately. I’ve been reading more than sewing lately, which I guess makes sense since I’m home more than usual and don’t really need to wear my regular fancy clothes. Really looking forward to the day I can again. Don’t […]
by kelerr
A week and a half ago, I posted my update on my second Marvelous Mrs. Maisel dress recreation, hoping that I would soon be able to post the finished product. It’s a dress I began working on many months ago, and have probably been planning since last September when I first saw it in the Miami After Dark scene on the show. A few days after that post went live, I was determined to finish the dress once and for […]
by kelerr
A few weeks ago, I posted about how I was starting to work on my Marvelous Mrs. Maisel costume recreation. The dress in question was seen in the Miami After Dark episode, and it worn when Lenny Bruce takes Midge to the show and then they go dancing. I fell hard for this dress the second it hit the screen, and immediately had to think about how I was going to recreate it. The original idea had been to make […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Fashion, Me Made, Sewing, Style
by kelerr
Until last week, I had only made one Sew Over It Lizzie Skirt, but I already knew it was a Tried and True Pattern. I was proved right when I made two over the span of a few days of work (total hours of sewing time at least, I didn’t see everyday). It’s such a great wardrobe staple, and really quick to make, even if you’re relatively new to sewing. In my continued effort to work on my unfinished projects […]
by kelerr
Once again we have reached a quarantine project that I started but never finished. I’ve got about two more to go before I complete all these things, which is my fall goal right now. A few months ago, Jennifer Lauren Handmade released their Asteria Dress pattern, and I immediately wanted to try it. I loved the silhouette and the little collar detail. The only trouble was deciding which view I wanted to make first! I ended up going with View […]
by kelerr
The By Hand London Kim Dress has been around for a while, but it was a “new to me” pattern. I had worked with the skirt portion a few times, adding it onto their Anna Bodice, but I had yet to make a full Kim without any modifications until recently. While quarantining, I bought some Mind the Maker fabric that I really loved. As per usual, I had no real ideas of what I wanted to do with it yet, […]
by kelerr
It’s always really fun to find new pattern companies! Well, new to me in any case… some of the ones I find are new and some are simply ones I haven’t had the luck of coming across yet. Either way, I love discovering new (dress!) patterns to make! Recently, I stumbled upon the Veera Dress, from Tessa Roosa Patterns. I’ve had tons of fabric in my stash just waiting for the right pattern, and I thought that this one would […]
by kelerr
I am constantly browsing Instagram to find new patterns to make. I love it when I stop and look at someone’s make, only to learn that it’s the same pattern that I stopped at and admired on another day or in another post. I love seeing different ways patterns can be made up and I love finding new ones that I want to try. More than once, this has happened with a Deer and Doe pattern, and it’s usually one […]
by kelerr
My July makes post is not a particularly exciting one I’m afraid, but at least there’s something to look at! Now that I’m doing pattern reviews for the new patterns I use, it gets harder to figure out where to fit in the makes from tried and true patterns. As most of my July sewing projects were new (or new-to-me!) patterns, I haven’t produced a ton of tried and trues. However, I did make this Sew Over It Marguerite dress […]
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