by kelerr
Though I’m busier than I’ve been in months, I still found time to read tons of BSC books and an additional three “regular” books this month. If I’m being honest, it’s getting harder and harder to read regular books after reading all these much lower level books so much, so I should probably amp up the adult books for next month. As I said last month, Viveca Sten’s books are hit or miss for me, but as they are a […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
NOTE: This is a repost from the old blog archives before I moved everything over to Sew Fancy Brooklyn. Unfortunately we are in musical limbo for the foreseeable future. Being back at work makes me feel really nostalgic and sad about it, so I thought I’d share some previous show work (also I completely forgot today was Tuesday and I needed a blog post!). Upon reading this post back, I clearly intended it to be the first in the series […]
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
We’re getting up there in the numbers of the BSC series, but we’re not even halfway there yet! So let’s jump right in today shall we? In book sixty-one, Jessi and the Awful Secret, we veer away from the major group of the BSC a lot and focus more on Jessi and her dance school friends. One of her classmates, Mary, begins acting strangely and becomes very concerned about her weight. Jessi realizes that she is likely anorexic, or at […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
I like music, but I’ve never been super into just listening to it. I prefer listening to stories and voices, which is why I always have a tv show or movie on in the background rather than the radio. However, I have recently become very into Podcasts, particularly when I’m driving. As I drive upstate frequently, I have come to enjoy a number of different podcasts. Here’s a couple of Podcasts I really love, in no particular order (okay, the […]
by kelerr
In this installment of my rereading of the BSC, I am adding a new little feature. I’m calling it “episode-a-bility” and I’m using it as a ranking scale to determine whether or not I think it would make a good episode for the Netflix show. Kind of wish I had done this the whole time, but – well, things evolve as I work on them and this is just one of those evolutions. The episode-ability scale is simple: a ten […]
Categories: Reading
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, […]
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