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
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 […]
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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
Back when I first started sewing, I thought there were sewing machines, thread, fabric, pins and scissors. Little did I know I had hardly even dipped my toe into the vast world of sewing equipment. And now that I know about these things, my sewing world is completely and permanently altered. There’s no going back! So today I present my sewing essentials list, other than the obvious. It’s not an insanely long list of items, but I use these things […]
by kelerr
I was certain that finishing The Little Mermaid would mean that I would start sewing for myself like a fiend again. However, as we reach the middle of the month, I find myself with very little sewjo (sewing mojo, for those who are new to that term). Truth be told, I should have anticipated a slight burnout period, since I’ve been sewing nearly nonstop for the last five months or so. This loss of sewjo doesn’t mean that I haven’t […]
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
Today is my birthday! And I had a whole blog post planned about the little cocktail party I had with a few close friends this past weekend… and then in the midst of enjoying the moment of the party I took exactly zero photos. I haven’t quite gotten into the whole “I need to make sure I get this for the blog” thing yet. And so the plan changed just a bit. Actually I lied… I do have two photos […]
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 […]
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