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• Summer Separates Navy Collection: Gingham Shorts

  

  The first piece of my summer separates mini collection.

  July 31, 2019

  Pants, Sewing

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• Made by a Fabricista: Simplicity 8505

  

  This might be my look for the entire summer! #teamcaftan

  May 30, 2019

  Sewing

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• Comfy and Cute – Sweatshirt Dresses 

  

  The fall season is definitely upon us and the winter is quickly approaching. During these chilly/cold months I love to feel comfy and warm but I still want to look casual chic. Lets face it – the comfiest outfits aren’t always cute. Thankfully McCalls released M7688 just it time to provide four different “fashionable” takes […]

  November 30, 2017

  Dresses, Girls, Kids, Sewing, Twinning

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• Fabric Mart Guest Post: Jumping on the Bandwagon: Vogue 9253

  I finally jumped on the Vogue 9523 bandwagon! I love it!

  August 5, 2017

  Dresses, Sewing

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• Fabric Mart Guest Post: Sky Blue Dress – Vogue 1550

  

  This month’s post features a special person, my mom! As soon as I saw Vogue 1550 I thought of her.

  June 24, 2017

  Dresses, Sewing

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• Red Hot Summer Halter Dress: A Fabricista Post

  

  This is one of my favorite makes!

  April 22, 2017

  Dresses, Fabric Mart Fabricista, Sewing

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• Dare to Bare – Vogue 1531

  

  When the Vogue Spring ’17 patterns were released I knew I had to have and sew Vogue 1531. I was hot off the success of another vogue dress pattern (my little red dress from last month) so another fitted dress was appealing. I really loved the versatile cowl neck but the open back is definitely […]

  February 25, 2017

  Sewing

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• Little Red Dress: Vogue 1513 a Fabricista Post

  

  Obviously, the first thing I thought about for this late January post was a red dress for Valentine’s Day.   My original plan was to whip up one of the new McCalls early spring patterns, M7534. It looks like a fairly simple pattern that could be whipped up in a time for Valentine’s Day for […]

  January 28, 2017

  Dresses, Fabric Mart Fabricista, Sewing

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• July Fabric Mart Post: Seersucker in Summer

  

  Check out my monthly blog post at Fabric Mart’s Fabricista Blog. This month I created another summer dress out of a designer seersucker from Fabric Mart. Read all about my epic fail on my original piece and how to avoid those mistakes in your projects. Read on for my pattern review below Pattern: Simplicity 8124 Pattern […]

  July 28, 2016

  Dresses, Fabric Mart Fabricista, FAIL, Sewing

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• I’m a Fabricista Fashion Challenge 3 Contestant!

  

  I’m “sew” excited to have been selected to participate in Fabric Mart’s 3rd Fabricista Fashion Challenge! What is the Fabricista Fashion Challenge? Essentially, it is a reality show style sew off! Fabric Mart’s blog team selected 6 sewing bloggers who will be narrowed down to a winner over the course of 5 weeks by eliminating […]

  August 21, 2015

  Fabricista Fashion Challenge

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