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Joanie Top
Here’s a make that should have ended up on the blog a long time ago: Sew Liberated’s Joanie Top! When this shirt came out last year, I sewed it up right away. It’s everything I had been looking for in a short sleeve button up and has that classic, timeless look that I love. Details Pattern Sew Liberated Joanie Top Fabric This fabric had been sitting in my stash since 2018, just looking for the right project (and this was it)! I remember that I got it at District Fabric, when they were still here in Seattle, because it was one of the first outings with my Seattle sewing group!…
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Arlo Track Jackets
Here are some goofy AF pictures of me in a couple of Friday Pattern Co. Arlo Track Jackets I made to go with my Pacific Leggings and Dunbar Top sets! Details Pattern Friday Pattern Co. Arlo Track Jacket Fabric Sweatshirt fleece from rom Stylemaker Fabrics Size traced and sewn I made the blue one first and graded from a large at the bust to an XL at the waist. The second version (the gray and black one) is a straight size L and the medium length. Pattern adjustments None. Construction notes For some reason, I was confused by the pocket construction at first (maybe because I was at a sewing…
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Matt’s Birthday Negroni #4
Since Matt and I live together (and have for over fifteen years), I have never been able to make him anything as a surprise. A well timed sewing weekend at Maker’s Hideaway finally gave me the the opportunity to do so! Details Pattern Colette Patterns Negroni Fabric Wool flannel shirting fabric from the Pendleton Woolen Mill Store in Milwaukie, Oregon I bought this fabric when I was down there for Portland Frocktails in 2019. My friend Kassi was still living there then and took me to all of her favorite fabric stores in the area. Pendleton fabric is very nice but notoriously expensive, so I was saving it until I…
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Sleeveless Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress
Before Summer officially ends—and it feels like that time is closing in—I must share one of my favorite make of this season: a sleeveless version of my now TNT Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress pattern. Let’s talk about the fabric first, as I feel like that is what makes this dress. Details Fabric The fabric I used is the Workroom Social Rayon Challis – Pin Play in Navy and Dusk designed by Whitney Crutchfield, Camp Workroom Social counselor and founder of We Gather (commission textiles, diy kits, and workshops), which makes this fabric even more special to me, because Whitney is the best. Also, Workroom Social’s rayon challis doesn’t…
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Railroad Stripe Harlene Dungarees
I feel like I have been crossing so many garments off my “dream wardrobe” list lately and these railroad stripe Harlene Dungarees where high on that list. I had been looking for a classic overalls pattern and I already knew from sewing my first pair that the Harlene Dungarees fit the bill. Details Pattern Merchant and Mills Harlene Dungarees Size traced and sewn The Harlene Dungarees have a lot of ease and I had already sized down two sizes from what the chart put me in for my first pair. Since those were sewn to be gardening overalls, it didn’t matter that they were a bit big, but I knew I…
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A Starry Sheer Sudley Dress
I had high hopes for the holidays last year (and how social we could be), so I dug into my stash and pulled out this beautiful silk I bought at Mill End the weekend of Portland Frocktails and made this Megan Neilsen Sudley Dress. Details Pattern Megan Neilsen Sudley Dress: View C This dress can be made all sorts of ways, but I decided to do the keyhole in the front, no collar, and no lining. Size traced and sewn Size 12 My current measurements are Bust=39″, Waist=35″, Hips=45″ (and I am 5’10”), but I went by my bust measurements only, as this dress has a lot of ease, especially…
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Black Ginger Jeans
My Mid-rise Ginger Jeans get worn an almost embarrassing amount. I mean, like almost every day. I, of course, have other clothes, but jeans are just what I like to wear and what I reach for day after day. That said, a gap in my wardrobe has been more pants, specifically a pair of black pants. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not above a Canadian Tuxedo (denim on top and bottom), but I’d been thinking it would be nice to have a better option to wear with my couple of Chambray shirts, like my Polka Dot Chambray Archer Button Up and my Sewaholic Granville Shirt. I just need more pants…
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Sew Over It Vintage Shirt Dress
One reason I wanted to start sewing my own clothes was that I had a vision of the perfect shirt dress. Store bought dresses never fit me right. I am tall and pear shaped, so if they fit in the waist they were too big in the bust and they were always way too short. When I was first learning how to sew, I knew a shirt dress would be complicated for a beginner, so I wanted to build my skills to get to that point. I’m not sure why it took me quite this long to make a shirt dress as I have had the skills for a while…
