I lost my lint roller that day I guess A series of cascading events lead to the creation of this skirt. Firstly, my grandmother passed away in the summer of 2019, leading me to helping clear out her basement and unearthing a 70s sewing room time capsule. She had apparently sewied consistently from the late … Continue reading the skirt that cured my mental illness
Bad news folks, the Christmas stress has well and truly begun. Maybe next year I’ll get it right. Anyway, I made these little quilted stockings and bought new collars from my cats. The stockings ended up a little more grandma than I was going for, but that’s okay. Tag is from this etsy shop and … Continue reading progress report 2
So yeah, all my grand plans of updating a blog regularly seem to fall to pieces. In fact, most of my huge projects I have a pretty hard time following through to the end. You should see my abandoned projects drawer (should that be a blog post?). In the meantime, I’ve been into reading blogs … Continue reading random blog update
Remember when I said I’d commit to NaNoWriMo with blog posts? lol Life is too crazy for excuses. And then it’s already March and tulips are popping off and you realize you had a blog thing that you wanted to keep updated like it’s 2008 again or something. I was certain that it would be … Continue reading It’s been a year
How hard would it be to recreate this wallpaper? Absolutely obsessed with the way they blended this pattern on her shirt into real butterflies on her shoulder. The embroidery is just *chef's kiss*
DRAMATIC SLEEVES DRAMATIC FURRY POSE Loving the beast's 'fit And those ~pleats~ DOUBLE RUFFS FLOATING INTO THE SKY, MAKING OUT WITH MY NEW BOYFRIEND
I found quite a few random scraps of 70s sewing material in my grandmother's sewing stash. It was essentially a time capsule and it appears she only sewed from the late 60s to the early 80s. Many more scans to come, though as seen below, light water damage is a main feature. I think I … Continue reading Simplicity Ad Booklet 1970s
A few months ago I was inspired by this huge gingham skirt on Pinterest, worn by Brigitte Bardot. I just knew I had to have it for the coming summer months and when Annika Victoria's latest Make Thrift Try challenge was gingham-themed, well my project was already decided for me. I realized quickly a simple … Continue reading Gathered Gingham Skirt
Dropout Daisy 