Posts by Andrea
27 Dresses: A Trip Through My Closet
Hopefully a few of you remember the 2008 Katherine Heigl film 27 Dresses. It’s a movie about a woman who has been in 27 different weddings and thus has 27 different bridesmaid dresses. Well, I only have one bridesmaid dress – from my sister’s wedding. Well, two if I include the one I wore on…
Read MoreOutside My Window
Today is Day #1 of the July Photo-a-Day Challenge from The Idea Room. Today’s challenge is “out my window”. It happens to have been pouring rain all morning, so today’s photo is a shot of a sad and lonely tree against the grey sky out my back widow at the office. It’s not the prettiest…
Read MoreThrift Skirt Redesign
I recently made a trip to the thrift store looking for some new to me skirts and dresses for the Summer of No Pants. I managed to find myself a denim skirt, a beautiful red Egyptian wool pencil skirt, and a cute hounds tooth dress that fit me perfectly, but I also came across several…
Read MoreFirst Week of Summer
I’ve survived the first week of my Summer of No Pants without cheating. However, I did discover that almost all of my skirts and dresses are dressier work styles. I don’t have too much in my closet that’s casual, at least not without putting on pants. I feel like I should totally use this as…
Read MoreThe Chiropractor Demands Flats
As many of you know, I love shoes. I absolutely adore them. Having a great pair of shoes always makes me feel fabulous. However, my chiropractor seems to disagree with me about how amazing some of my shoes are. For some reason he seems to think that my 3 and 4 inch heels are a…
Read MoreThe Skater Dress
This dress is a variation on the Vintage Border Dress I made for Easter. It’s the B style bodice from the pattern and a shorter skirt. For this version of the dress, I used a great cotton lycra blend fabric for the main body of the dress and accented it with an inexpensive, but super…
Read MoreA Girl and a Gun
I took a little time out to watch some trailers for upcoming movies the other day, and found one for a documentary that should be coming out soon. The title? A Girl and a Gun. My husband and I both own guns, we even have conceal and carry permits (https://gunlawsuits.org/gun-laws/montana/concealed-carry/) though I have not had…
Read MoreThe First Day of Summer
Today is officially the first day of summer, which means it’s also the first official day of the Summer of No Pants 2013. I did up all my official SONP2013 sewing projects before the start of summer, but now it’s time to wear them. I am taking on the almost impossible goal of not wearing…
Read MorePeplum Top
Sara over at Sew Sweetness recently posted a some great clothes that she made for spring quilt market and I was absolutely in love with the peplum tops she made. So I decided to give it a go myself. For my top, I used the bodice of the Colette Patterns truffle dress as a base. …
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