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Happy new year everyone!!! Thank you for the very nice comments in my previous post 🙂 what a great way to start a new year! Also, for some reason I see a huge jump of traffic and a few new subscribers when I logged in to post this today – where do you all comeContinue reading “Girls Matching Purple sweater dress”

First of all, let me just say this is probably the last and only black coat I will be making as long as we still have a cat with white fur in the house. It is almost impossible to get all the cat hair out for the photo shoot! When I was in boston freezingContinue reading “Black long line coat”

This year, I made three blankets! A whooping three blankets, probably the highest count since I started sewing. The first blanket is for my little one. When my older one was born she was given three hand made blankets and we love them and use them all the time. So Ive been thinking about anotherContinue reading “The Year of Blankets”

I’ve been wanting to make a simple long-sleeve, slightly-below the knee grey dress, mainly inspired by a bunch of grey-dress+leather jacket + scarf inspiration pins. The pattern itself is simple enough – something I made many times before. This time, I wanted the fabric to be thick – I didnt want it to cling toContinue reading “Simple Double Layered Grey Rib Knit Dress”

I’ve caught the trench coat bug since the last trench make. Trench coats do have a lot of details though, so I really only have the energy for one a year. Earlier this year I decided to try a raglan sleeve pattern with a water resistent (but cotton) fabric, and i really had to putContinue reading “Water Resistent Trench Coat”

Made a quick top – took me a few weeks because, life. But I love the result – just in time for fall too! I became aware of this pattern because of Raliat’s version – and i just had to have one after seeing her outfit!   I used a pattern – McCall 7194. TheContinue reading “Asymmetrical Sweater Top”

This probably has never happened before – but I made a dress for an event!! I usually never make anything for a single purpose – not even for a wedding. But – I dont remember which came first – I loved Mary’s picnic dress in Downton Abbey but needed an excuse to make that dress;Continue reading “Gatsby Summer Picnic Dress”

Its quite hot in the Bay Area lately and for some reason the office is pretty warm despite the AC. I felt the need for an unlined cotton dress for the office. I found this barcode stripe stretchy cotton in my stash, and Ive had burdastyle’s sheath dress 2016/10 #105 printed out for a while.Continue reading “The Office Spider”

I made this little number, inspires by this dress. This is actually version number 2, as a result, I was a little short on fabric towards the end and decided to leave the dress unhemmed and a bit short. Luckily there was just enough fabric to make a teeny pair of shorts that I wearContinue reading “Flirty Little Thing”

(A compare between Brother SE400, Janome HD3000, Juki TL 2010Q, from a garment sewer’s personal experience) Although I love vintage sewing machines, I mainly sew on modern sewing machines – it just gets the job done without any fuss.  The past year I’ve had the chance to sew with three modern sewing machines and IContinue reading “The Tale of Three Machines”