Am I the only one who can’t let scraps be scraps? I had a little less than a metre left of the navy striped knit from my Blackwood (well, it was actually closer to .75m when I think about it) and knew I could make it into something. I decided to try the free Mandy Boat Tee pattern from Tessuti Fabrics. I mean, who doesn’t like a free pattern? … Read More Done and Done: A Stripey Mandy Boat Tee

This would be the year of pants. Since last May, I knew that my goal for #mmmay2018 would be to make pants and finally be able to sport me-mades head to toe.

When the Closet Case Patterns Sasha Trousers dropped, I knew I had found my pant pattern. My plan was to invest a lot of time (and fitting!) into one pant pattern that would become my go-to and eventually hack it into capris and bermuda shorts. Obviously, nothing went to plan.… Read More Done and Done: Sasha Trousers

I picked up these cute little sailboats on our last trip to Germany. It was at a store kind of like Jysk that carries discount home dec and accessories, including fabric. I quickly realized that I was wearing mostly stripes or solids and had sort of grown out of novelty prints. 
I kept looking at it and realized it needed to be a Kalle shirtdress. As a dress, it wouldn’t need to match anything else. It would be the perfect, breezy dress for sightseeing in Europe this summer. I find that the sleeves and the print remind me so much of the short-sleeved Hawaiian print shirts men wore in the 50s. … Read More Done and Done: A Sailboat Kalle Shirtdress