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Is It A Fail? McCalls 7817
What had happen was! You know I have some drama if I start a sentence like that LOL. No, really, what happened was, I wanted to participate in an Instagram sewing challenge highlighting black sewing pattern designers. I went looking through my stash for a pattern made by a black designer. First of all, there are a hand full, out of the hundreds of patterns I have, I had maybe ten that were from people of color (quadruple eye roll). I chose a Khalia Ali’s pattern because I already had it and I wanted something modern from her, I’ll just say that. I also wanted to try an Indi…
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Style Sew Me Charita Dress
Can I say, I love this dress! This is the second garment I’ve made from Style Sew Me Patterns, the first was the Madison cardigan. I really, really wanted to make a pattern from a black designer because there are so few out there (insert eye roll). I also wanted to sew an indie pattern, ugh, also not many black indie sewing pattern makers! This dress fit the bill, how did I pick? I started with the dress because I didn’t see many reviews for the Charita dress also, a bodycon dress, sure! I want to support an independent pattern maker because I know it’s a lot of work and…
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One Dress Two Looks
Hi! So, did you hear about the Day and Night Dress challenge? No, where have you been under a rock ( I crack myself up). Well, I’m here to help you, you like dresses right? You like prizes, right? well, whatcha waiting on, go check it out! Oh, I forgot to tell you where (insert eye roll). I’m a guest blogger over at Elizabeth Made this and that’s where you can get all the details! She’s hosting her annual Day and night dress challenge and it’s good! She has lots of great bloggers/vloggers and awesome prizes! Bottom line, we were tasked to go through our closets and breath life into a…
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Finally, Pants! Simplicity 8056 and Another Simplicity 8014
Finally, I finished my pants! Well, I’m happy with the outcome and it was a long time coming. I actually could have finished these like two weeks ago, but apparently me and the embroidery machine have been having a little affair (insert shocked face)! These pants are a wearable muslin, I like wearables because like I’ve said before, I like to wear a garment to work, sit down and stand up to get a good idea of my adjustments. Also, some fabric tends to bag out and then I over correct to fit it and then it’s tight. To remedy that, I try and get quality fabric and not over…
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What I’ve been up to: Cleaning up and Machine Embroidery
So, what have I been up to? Well, I’m still working on my pants, I have the second version of the pattern traced out and I hope to sew it up sometime this week. I took some time off from the pants to really get my fabric stash together. I felt like my space, desires and fabric were not connected lol, can you relate? I had lots of fabric that I’ve gotten in NYC, Pennsylvania and Denver along with my online purchases shoved in a closet (I don’t have before pictures, ughh, insert eye roll). My hubby moved his office downstairs and freed up the closet for me, what did…
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Muslin #1 Simplicity 8056
I’m tackling pants, I’m also working on my pants block. Whatttt! I know (insert eye roll), let me explain, I’m taking a pants block class and before I did that, I wanted to know if adjusting a pair of commercial pattern was comparable. I know it’s not, but not everyone wants to draft a pair of pants or create a block/sloper! I’m actually tempted to either have a friend fit and draft me a pair or wait until the next sewing camp/retreat lol… Sew camps and sewing retreats are perfect for this. I think the issue for me is not being able to manipulate the back, this was the issue…
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Another version of Simplicity 8014
Yaaasss to the pattern matching! So, I LOVE THIS DRESS. Well, actually I wear it as a duster , I like it better because of the all over print. I mean I toiled with this dress and then when I got the front matched up, oh snap the bottom print doesn’t match (insert eye roll). I was like, you know what, I already playing fabric Tetris, I know how to match patterns, so I’m good! I created a column of color with the black, RTW leggings and cami, great back drop for the print. I didn’t want to ruin the pattern so I threw around the idea of snaps and…
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Knit Skirt Block and Hacked Montrose Top
I’m sharing a few new makes well, an outfit. This is a super short post so I’ll try to keep the eye rolls to a minimum (insert eye roll). I wanted a navy blue knit pencil skirt so I used some left over interlock from my athleisure top. There are a few ways to get this done, I chose to follow this tutorial as opposed to a commercial pattern because, it’s really only two pattern pieces. If you want a closer fit, try this tutorial from Style sew me or Mimi G. OMG, before you say you don’t draft (triple eye roll), read on. Seriously, after the adjustments to…
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2018 Top Nine and Fan Favorites
Hi there! So, Instagram/IG is my social media platform of choice, Twitter is a close second and Facebook is, well, it’s Facebook (insert eye roll). I’ve met so many wonderful people through sewing and IG and I’m looking forward to meeting more! Top Nine is an Instagram thing, an opportunity for you to see your top nine Instagram posts. For the sake of this post, I also have a few posts on the blog that are fan favorites. Before I share these, I just want to say, thanks for reading my blog, inspiring me and supporting me, it means a lot to me! For 2018 I tried a lot of…
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DIY Family Christmas PJs
Sooo, I had a bright idea to make my entire family pajama pants for Christmas. My family usually comes from all over on Christmas and for the last few years, I’ve made pajama pants. I started thinking about this early this fall and in early November I blasted it out in the family group chat ( do you have a family group chat that stays lit?) and the consensus was yes, please. Last year, I took measurements from my extended family and made the pants a day or two before Christmas, it wasn’t bad, but I wanted to do this earlier so I could make some other stuff. There are…
