I love a good Craiglist deal. Yes, these came from Craigslist. They didn’t start out looking this good. They retail at IKEA for $199 each. I took a chance on the ugly ones that someone was selling on Craigslist for $35 each. The price was good and the hydraulic lifts still worked. I brought them…
I’ve been working on this project for what seems like FOREVER. Seriously. It started out because I saw the Weekender pattern at remnants:fiber[culture] and Jessica offered to trade me the pattern for a sample out of shop fabric. I said sure. Then we chatted about me teaching a class on it later in the Summer….
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…
