As the weather starts to cool, I like to continue to wear my favorite dresses, but layer them up with cardigans and tights. It’s not quite tights weather yet, but it is time to break out the cardigans!
Pink Jenna Cardi
Denim Granville
The fall sewing is continuing as a rapid pace around here. Apparently I’m going right in order of my fall sewing plans. Here we have a denim Granville Shirt by Sewaholic Patterns.
I made jeans!
I haven’t successfully purchased jeans for about 5 years. I bought a pair at JCrew 2 summers ago, but they were too big, so I ended up giving them away. My older pairs are looking pretty ratty at this point, and I think one pair is actually my mom’s, so I am super excited about my new jeans-making abilities.
Floral M6891 Shirt Dress
It’s pretty rare that I make the same pattern two times in such rapid succession, but I’m back with another M6891 shirt dress. You can check out my first one is here. Continue reading
Back to School Fall Sewing Plans
Back to school, back to school, to prove to Dad that I’m not a fool. Now that I’m entering my 19th year of school, I’m pretty sure my dad doesn’t think that I’m a fool, but that song still gets stuck in my head every fall. It’s still hot and steamy here, but I’m starting to daydream about fall clothes, and what I want to sew this season. My time is fairly limited until October, when I take my comps, so I’m trying not to be overly ambitious. November really feels like the beginning of fall here (at least to us northerners transplanted to the south), so it’s not a big deal. Here’s what I want to make for the fall/winter: Continue reading
