Hello! I hope you are enjoying the days getting longer and warmer as much as I have lately (if you’re in the Northern Hem). The buds on the trees are blooming, flowers are popping up everywhere, and it feels so good. Much needed. Another blogger I follow recently posted a “Life Lately” blog post because she didn’t post anything in … Continue reading “Life Lately”
Happy new year! I’m not usually a person who makes grand resolutions for the year, but I always like the time to reflect on what’s working and what could change a little bit. It’s always interesting to look over my personal “analytics” of what I did this year, and this year I definitely noticed some changes about halfway through the … Continue reading “2025 Reflections – Sewing and Other Things”
Holy cow it’s almost Christmas! These little cuties are the first thing I’ve sewn in months. But the minute I saw this Drawstring Gift Tote in the Wholecloth newsletter at the beginning of this month, I knew I needed the pattern. I hadn’t come up with gift ideas for my kids’ teachers yet, and I thought that this pattern would … Continue reading “Drawstring Gift Tote”
Hello! It been a while since I’ve blogged, and it feels good to be back… at least for a minute. I’ve been taking a little bit of a break to learn Portuguese, focus on my health (mental and physical), and be a little more present at home. I still have SO much fabric that I’m excited to sew, but I … Continue reading “Sew.lala Tilly”
The newest sew.lala Suna pattern (sizes up to 59″ bust/61″ hip) is here! I helped test the pattern and can vouch that it’s a good one. I’ve tried a few different tank top patterns over the past couple of years, and I wear all of them constantly during the summer. So, when I saw the call for Suna pattern testers, … Continue reading “Sew.lala Suna”
This dress is the one of the last things I made before our European Cruise vacation. I really wanted this dress to have for when we went to dinner at the end of the day on the ship. It’s also doesn’t seem overly formal to me, so I thought it would be great for an everyday kind of dress too. … Continue reading “Floral Ruby Dress (heavily modified)”
Printed pants have been on my radar this year. I don’t know if people have just started wearing them since it’s kind of a trend right now, or if I just started paying attention to it more. Either way, I have pinned quite a few print pants on my Pinterest (photo below). I’ve also noticed a lot more people wearing … Continue reading “Wax Printed Pomona Pants”
This make has been a long time coming. I bought some colorful striped swimwear fabric in the summer of 2019 with some other sewists at Blue Moon Fabrics in LA. I only bought a yard, and at the time, I was thinking, ‘This isn’t going to get sewn very soon at all.‘ I was very intimidated to sew it at … Continue reading “Mairin Swimsuit”
I took a little bit of a break from blogging last week because we went on a family vacation. First, we flew to Barcelona, Spain and then went on a cruise around the Mediterranean. I was kind of stressed before we left, so I didn’t put as much effort into my vacation wardrobe as I wish I would have. But … Continue reading “Me Made Summer Vacation”
I made the Fragola Top for Vanessa last August, and she has been very eager for me to make the dress version. When I’m sewing, she likes to go through my drawers of sewing supplies and fabric and tell me which ones she likes the most. This fabric was her favorite, and I had plenty left over from when I … Continue reading “Suco by Susana – Fragola Dress”
