Summer is over and Michaelmas is here. Our bulbs need to be planted and I hope my green tomatoes ripen before the first frost. However, over the summer I did manage to make a couple Sorbetto Tops for myself. Here is the first. It is made out of vintage flour sack material I found at [...]

Willow turned four this past August. I find birthdays bitter sweet. I am thrilled that they are growing strong and learning new things everyday. At the same time I mourn the loss of little sweet babies. Having kids gives a whole new meaning to “time flies when you are having fun”! I made this sweet [...]

I made myself another Shearwater Kaftan. This time out of some yummy Amy Butler rayon challis. I will be taking this one to the Sewing Summit! If you live in Denver and want to learn to make one for yourself; come take my class at Fancy Tiger Crafts. Oh, and those are my new (vintage [...]

Magical little dress I made for friend’s baby I hope to meet soon. I used Birch Organic Fabric and Make It Perfect Little Wonderland dress pattern.

I finally did it. After two (or more) years of dreaming about designing and printing my own fabric on Spoonflower I did it! The fabric is a collaboration with my husband the graphic designer. He did my blog design as well. I can’t wait to print some more!

I whipped up this picnic blanket for our end of summer outings. The bottom is made from laminated Loulouthi fabric by Anna Maria Horner. The top is made from a patchwork cotton that I found at Denver Fabrics. The size was determined by the width of the cotton and I added bias tape straps for [...]

The Shearwater Kaftan by Make it Perfect is the perfect summer top for a cool summer night.

I can’t get enough of Sew Liberated’s Schoolhouse Tunic pattern. This time I made a sleeveless version for summer. I fell in love with Jay McCarroll’s Habitat fabric and I thought it would make a super cute tunic.

Happy summer! Here is an update on some sewing projects that took place this past spring. Clockwise from top left: Japanese Vestlette 1, Japanese Vestlette 2, Charm Pack Bag, Burda Style silk dress, another Schoolhouse Tunic