Ready for a bucket load of photos? I posted BIG ones so you can see the stripey detail. Please be patient if they load slowly. Here’s more on my heavily modified Licorice Dress! Again, I used traditional blue seersucker with white bias tape and ric-rac accents. This completes 2 out of 4 dresses I planned [...]
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Completed: Licorice Dress
Here’s the LAST project in the Colette Handbook Sew-along: The Licorice Dress. To continue with the Palette Challenge, I chose traditional blue seersucker with red and white accents. I modified the pattern of course. Here’s the original… As you can see, I chopped the sleeves quite a bit shorter and went for bias binding instead [...]
Completed: Taffy
The latest Sew Colette garment is the Taffy Blouse, and here’s mine! I had every intention of using actual blouse fabric, but then decided to shop my own stash instead. I originally bought this fabric to make circle scarves, but didn’t realize until after I got home that it’s licensed for personal use only. Oops! [...]
A closer look at Truffle
Here are a few more pictures of my latest sewing project, as promised! When I first took a look through the handbook, I thought this dress would be my least favorite dress to make (spoiler alert: it’s now my favorite!!) The example given in the book is simple, and elegant, …but totally boring! A solid [...]
Completed: Truffle Dress
Oh hi there. I finished the latest dress for the Colette Handbook Sew-along: The Truffle! Originally I had big plans to modify the crap out of this dress. In fact, I was installing the zipper on my modded version when I decided to scrap the whole thing. It was cute, but it was not a [...]
Pastille Croquis
This is my little digital croquis attempt for project two in the Colette Sew-along! I’ve decided after my first muslin top that the sleeves are definitely not for me. They look so cute on the model in the book, but look like football shoulder pads on my small frame. I’m hoping to wear this [...]
