When I was sending Lauren a list of happenings in the city she picked up on the Vintage Garage event, which is slowly becoming one…
Category: Sewing
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Blogger Meetup_Day 1
I haven't had such an action-packed weekend in quite some time! The one and only Lladybird Lauren decided she was coming for a visit to…
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What’s on My Sewing Table
I had a very productive Sunday; I went running bright and early, went out to breakfast, sewed all throughout the day (with intermissions for food…
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Coating Fabric Conundrum
After posting up my Shoutout to Gertie blogpost, I went on the hunt for some wool coating fabric from some online retailers. I ordered 2 swatches from Fashion…
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Baxter was a Bad Bunny
When my sassy, girl-bun Baxter wants attention she'll intentionally start chomping on something. This causes me to chase her, and then she looks so darn cute that I…
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Muslining the Vogue 7924 Dress
I've been knee-deep working on my recent knitting project, but after picking up my sewing room I felt like starting a new project. With the…
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Learning from Mistakes
I came home from work on Friday afternoon and all I could think about was picking up my sewing room. I have had a few…
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Quick Shoutout to the Gertie
I was totally stoked when my copy of Gertie's book arrived at my office yesterday. I had pre-ordered it quite some time ago and it…
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Visual Inspiration Overload & How I Deal
Dear readers, I have something slightly controversial I wanted to talk about in today's blog post. Visual Inspiration. When too much is bad for one's…
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WIP: McCalls 4003
First things first... I have news to share. I was recently asked by Leilani of Thriftaholic, a fellow Chicago blogger, if I would be up…
