by kelerr
August was not quite as productive as July as far as reading goes (however, I surprised myself with sewing, as you’ll see in Friday’s post!). I managed to add three more books to my reads of the year, bringing the total to thirty-three books. My goal is fifty… but with Frozen costuming starting this month, I don’t know if I’ll make it there. We shall see. First up, we had The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. I was […]
Categories: Reading
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
by kelerr
Being a born and raised New Yorker sure has it’s benefits most of the time. Not only is there access to great theater and restaurants and just about anything else you can think of, there’s always something new and fun to do! Recently, I’ve been taking advantage of the multitude of pop up museums that… well, pop up… all over the city. Last Friday, I got to experience the Paley Center’s FREE exhibit, Making Maisel Marvelous which runs through September […]
Categories: Out and About
by kelerr
If you follow my Instagram account, you may have already seen the news that I have started a little business venture with my sister. We have been designing our own fabric and selling them through Spoonflower. This is an exciting new project, and one that I have been thinking about for a while now, and I’m excited to share it with you today! This venture came about after realizing that I want to do more in the sewing field, but […]
by kelerr
The Chalk and Notch Fringe Dress was my first project of what has started out as a very slow month for sewing. Essentially, life happened, and I ended up extending a trip upstate by a couple of days due to a completely punctured tire. Thankfully, this happened in my sister’s driveway and not on the road, but it also happened at an extremely odd time when we couldn’t bring it in to be fixed, and long story short, my stay […]
by kelerr
Aside from new releases, there are very few patterns left at Sew Over It that I haven’t tried to make. The Rosie Dress was one of those patterns. Despite purchasing the pattern quite a long time ago, I just never had the opportunity to make it up. In June, I decided that it would be a delightful dress to wear to my work end term party. I had gotten some really great fabric at the SOI store in London in […]
by kelerr
Summer sewing is in full swing over here, and no one is more excited than me that there’s still a full month before I need to go back to work! More sewing time means a bigger and better fall wardrobe! Now, before you get too impressed, you should know that two of these dresses were basically finished except when the month began, and one was in a state of being about half finished. Three were brand new patterns (to me) […]
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