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The Ultimate DIY Style Glow-Up: My Luxe Matching Lounge Set Inspired by the Viral Trend
Hello! I’m back with another make! While my sewjo is active, I’m going to take advantage. I’ve seen the two piece matching lounge/travel set everywhere, and I really wanted to make one for myself. As I took pictures of this outfit, I realized how similar the print was to the bark on a tree 🌳, I moved around to get a good shot and try to find some contrast in nature. One challenge I have with making a two piece outfit is fabric, I rarely buy enough fabric (five or more yards) for a matching set. When I buy fabric, I have an idea of what I want to make,…
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Last Minute DIY Special Occasion Skirt
Hello! It’s been a while, how y’all doing, ya’ll ready for my shenanigans?? My mom asked me to attend a Breast Cancer Awareness Gala and of course I needed something to wear. Now, typically you wear pink for Breast Cancer awareness, but I didn’t have anything “special occasion-ish” that was pink that I’ve made. What to do, what to do, do I pull something together in my closet or do I make something? I’m a person that doesn’t like to sew for an event, it’s too much stress, I like to have things already in my closet that I can wear (dress, jacket, or separtes). My philosophy is, if you…
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More Pajamas, which are the best?
I can say, I didn’t enjoy the process of making pajamas because I’m lazy, but I love the results. I know I complained about the piping, but sewing really is about the journey. Out of all the hard things, piping isn’t as challenging as a hand bound button hole, but it wasn’t the zoom, zoom fast sewing either, it took a few extra steps to add piping, and French seams throughtout, but very much worth it. I’m way behind the curve on sewing the Closet Core patterns Carolyn Pajamas. I will tell you, until I started my PDF pattern printing business, I was team commercial patterns. I have a lot…
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Plus size Pajamas- Which will be better?
There was a lot of work that went into sewing something you sleep in, this is what I told myself as I sewed the yards and yards of piping onto my pajamas. I told my sewing friends, I’m not making anymore pajamas 😆. Well, I after I thought about it, I figured, I can make them without all the piping, and they will be fine, so maybe I will make more because the fit on these, and the quality of the fabric is 🤌🏾. You would be proud, I had the right buttons to sew this shirt, I don’t know why I’m always looking for buttons when it’s time to…
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I’ve made another TNT pattern- Peplum addition
As promised, I’m back with the Cashmerette Rivermont Peplum top. Last week I blogged about my fifth Rivermont dress I sewed, and I want to share the top view of the pattern. I received this fabric from my friend Gaylen, and it’s Nicole Miller Scuba remnant, it is such a lovely print. Gaylen gifted me this fabric a few years ago and I had every intention of making pencil skirt out of it. I can typically get a knit pencil skirt from about 1.5 yards of 60″ wide fabric. I needed more tops in my wardrobe so I decided to squeeze a top out of the fabric instead. I took…
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The Hot Chocolate Rivermont Dress
I made another Rivermont! The Cashmerette Rivermont dress is a go to work staple for me. I’m not a fan of ironing so shake and go dresses that are cute are my go to. I grew out of the two Rivermont dresses I had in my closet so I decided to make a few more. I make a lot of decision daily so having a “uniform” is very helpful for me when trying to figure out what to wear. I have a few mix and match pieces that work together in my wardrobe and it makes getting dressed so much easier. Liverpool/double knits, and Pontes are favorites, they are so…
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2024’s Hidden Gems: Sewing Projects I Never Shared (And My Proudest Makes!)
Hello! Ok, hear me out. I made a lot of promises on Instagram that I would blog about the things I made. I will tell you, I didn’t make that many things and the things I did make, I never took the time to blog about them, does that make me someone who doesn’t tell the truth 😅😇? I’m sure there’s a reason, but the reality is, when I have time, I really, really want to sew 😩. I can’t tell you, how many times I wore an item I made, and couldn’t remember anything about the garment, process, fabric, nothing! I mean, that is the entire reason I blog,…
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Closet Core Sienna Maker Jacket Review: A Stylish and Functional Jacket
The Closet Core Sienna Maker jacket pattern has been in my stash for a while, and I’m delighted I made it! Who doesn’t like wearing stylish, well-fitting jackets? Ready-to-wear jackets are typically too short and narrow across the back, so I like making them. I enjoy making jackets because I like wearing them, allowing me to create what I want. I’ve made a few jackets in the last few years; the one that gets the most wear is an anorak-style grey jacket I made a few years ago, see this post. I love the jacket and wear it all the time, but I want more color and something less casual;…
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Updates and Blue cup Shop
Where do I start? It’s been a while since I’ve taken the time to sit down and give the blog some love. Social media makes it easy to connect on their platforms and I neglected my poor blog. I’m still on social media, but not as much. Instagram was really good for sewing content in my opinion, I’m not sure when it shifted, but It doesn’t seem as interesting to me for sewing related content so I’m back to reading blogs… What have I been doing? Welp, I’ve been reading, knitting, playing with my Cricut, playing Monopoly go mobile app (this is fun, but it can be addictive so proceed…
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On trend Shacket: Simplicity 9388
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged one of my makes. I wore a jacket the other day and I know I made it, but I couldn’t remember the pattern or the adjustments, ugh! I started blogging to keep track of what I made and also as a reference for the adjustments and my pattern/fabric likes and dislikes. Over the course of the last year and a half I just haven’t prioritized sewing and or documenting my sewing. That crap stops today LOL, I always tell myself I’ll remember what I did, Lies!!! I will not remember at all! I’ve been buying lots of clothes and not finishing my makes,…
