I finally got around to making Anna Maria Horner’s Socialite Dress. I made a sample for remnants:fiber[culture] out of her new Hand Drawn Garden Fabric. My biggest beef about this pattern is the sizing and fabric requirements. The back of the pattern has the FINISHED garment measurements (not something we are used to seeing on…
I just wrapped up my first round of Garments for Quilters: Wearable Muslin at A Quilter’s Folly this week. I had a total of five students split between the two sessions. Did all five students walk out with a finished garment? Nope, but all of them walked out with a better understanding on fit and a…
This tale started in late October of 2012. I received an email with the subject line “dress ref by amelias” from a girl named Jenny. She wanted me to reconstruct a dress (which she didn’t own yet) to look like a dress she saw on Pinterest… I will have to admit, I was a little…
Have you ever had a project haunt you? I did. It was this dress. It hung in the doorway at Amelia’s for a really long time. It was damaged, it had a 22 inch waist, but it had one or two good parties left in it. I knew that it was mine to restore if…
So it’s been a while since I shared what I have been working on. May was all about wedding dresses and re-invintaging for a few stores. June was recovery from wedding dresses and helping out a few friends with their projects (solving the problems of others is often better than tackling one’s own). July was …
Since I’ve started sewing, people randomly give me gifts of fabric and clothes. Now that I work in the back of a fabric store, I get MORE fabric and clothes. I have refrained from taking them all, but every now and then something with promise catches my eye. Exhibit A: Frumpster shirt dress. I know…
In late March the ladies of Vintage Vivant announced that due to various life happenings they would be going on hiatus from the monthly format. How fitting to make the last event theme “Titanic”. April was the 100th anniversary of the ship sinking. Here’s a picture of myself and some of the other people that…
For those of you who know me, you know that I often whip up some themed outfit to wear for an event, wear it once, and pass it on. Well, this outfit was worn TWO times. Gatsby party in January and then Vintage Vivant a week ago. Most of the materials were sourced from the…
I have fond memories of the Highlights Magazine Hidden Pictures puzzles. When I was out shopping with my friend Kris she said that my brain is just wired to find the hidden objects. I see dresses inside dresses like some people can see dead people. Exhibit A Fugly cotton muumuu. The fabric was nice and…
This refashionista had a job ahead of her when she said she would make this dress wearable. The fabric was a nice polished cotton (This was probably an expensive dress back in the day.)“ The tulle under the skirt and in the sleeves had to go. Scratch that. The tulle and the sleeves had to…