Making

The Skater Dress

By Andrea | June 24, 2013 |

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…

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Peplum Top

By Andrea | June 18, 2013 |

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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An Everyday Party Dress

By Andrea | June 17, 2013 |

I am absolutely in love with my final project for the 2013 Summer of No Pants.  It started with a vintage bed sheet and a copy of the Vintage Vogue V2903 pattern. I absolutely love the print from the sheet.  The yellow tone on tone design with orange and white accents is beautiful.  You don’t…

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SONP Sneak Peek

By Andrea | June 12, 2013 |

Ok, so I normally try not to show off my sewing projects until they’re completed, but I just had to show you the progress on my final Summer of No Pants sewing project entry.  This project is brought to you by a Vintage Vogue pattern and a bed sheet. After quite a bit of seam…

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Summer of No Pants

By Andrea | June 11, 2013 |

This year I’m participating in the Summer of No Pants 2013. My projects so far include the floral pencil skirt, the classic navy pencil skirt, and the butterfly circle skirt. You can help me win the viewers choice award in the Pinterest contest by repinning my projects. Floral Pencil Skirt Classic Navy Pencil Skirt Butterfly…

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Butterfly Circle Skirt

By Andrea | June 10, 2013 |

I am having so much fun with Summer of No Pants 2013!  It’s been a great push for me to make some great basic pieces that I can mix and match with the rest of my wardrobe.  My third project for the challenge is a circle skirt.  Circle skirts really are simple, I just need…

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Impromptu Progress and Features

By Andrea | June 7, 2013 |

I’ve got a couple things to share with you today.  First, I’ve made quite a bit of progress on my QAL quilt this week.  I’ve got all the fabric for the front cut out, and I pieced together all 12 of the blocks with the large solid center. I really think I’m going to love…

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Classic Navy Pencil Skirt

By Andrea | June 6, 2013 |

Yesterday, I shared with you the floral pencil skirt I originally made as a wearable muslin.  Today, I’m sharing the skirt that muslin was for.  I present to you a classically simple navy twill pencil skirt. This is the second of my Summer of No Pants 2013 (#SONP2013) sewing projects. The twill I used for…

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Floral Pencil Skirt

By Andrea | June 5, 2013 |

I’ve finished my first project for the Summer of No Pants.  Originally, this was just going to be a wearable muslin to test the fit of the pencil skirt before I made one out of my good navy twill, but I am totally in love with this pencil skirt in fun vintage fabric from my…

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Two New Sew Alongs

By Andrea | June 4, 2013 |

I have started two new sew along projects this week.  I’m so excited!  I’m hoping the projects will kick me into gear and get me sewing even with all the late sunshine outside. The first is the Impromptu Quilt Along at Monkey Do.  The quilt is a pattern by Rachel Griffith Design that will finish…

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Things to Make

The Communique

One of my favorite designs, this quilt pattern is available in three sizes. Download the baby, throw, or king-size pattern today.