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Covered buttons and a Peter Pan collar

I finished the blouse! Yay! After figuring out the hem, the rest was fairly easy. The big challenge was trying out covered buttons, which weren’t actually too difficult. I tried the plastic kind, but don’t think I’d use them again. They were very simple to put together, but didn’t look super great once done. I’ve picked up… Read More Covered buttons and a Peter Pan collar

August 13, 2015August 7, 2015 Samantha Schmidt2 Comments

Scalloped reversible clutch

I’m planning on doing a scallopped hem on my green blouse, and got to the point today where I needed to start figuring out how to do that. I decided it would be wise to try it out on something else before I made a mess of my blouse. I’ve had this fabric in my… Read More Scalloped reversible clutch

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 Samantha Schmidt1 Comment

Rosette accessories

This is one of the first projects I have my sewing club students make as rosettes are super simple and you can do about a zillion things with them. They are also really hard to screw up and a great way to practice stitching by hand if you’ve never done it before. Start with a… Read More Rosette accessories

August 6, 2015July 25, 2015 Samantha Schmidt1 Comment

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Hello! I’m Sam! I’m an elementary school French and Art teacher and I live with my husband and two young kids in a two-bedroom apartment. We chose not to have a car and try really hard to live a low-impact life. But I also really, really love making clothes.

I’ve been sewing pretty much my whole life, but it’s been in the last five years or so that I’ve really committed to changing my clothing consumption habits and thought really hard about my style. This blog is something of a record of that journey.

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