A simple dress with a simple story. This dress has a super simple silhouette and a great fabric will make it shine. Equally, this textured fabric doesn’t need much so that it too can shine. Historically, I’ve been scared to sew princess seams. This dress helped with that for sure! I think the fit is…
Category: General
/bubble frock appreciation post
My jumpsuit was my third time using Lydia Naomi’s Bubble Frock pattern. Needless to say, it’s a well written pattern with a great fit which can be made as-is or easily modified. There isn’t much to this post. I just wanted to get the three of these together.
True Bias Nikko Dress Remix
No lie, I have 5 True Bias patterns in my stash waiting to get made up. When Kelli reached out about participating in their fall photo collaboration, I had to double check what I had and decide what I wanted to make for the collaboration. I kept looping back to the Nikko Dress, which I,…
On Working with Mood Fabrics
Quick recap of my April, May, and June collaborations with Mood!! I love Mood Fabrics! I’ve loved Mood Fabrics for a long time. When I was taking Fashion Design courses at Parsons back in *ACHOO*, I was introduced to Mood and I would walk thru the aisles as if it were FAO Schwartz. Then, of…
Stalker Jacket + Mood Fabrics Discount Code!!
Being in quarantine, I really miss getting inspiration from the window shopping and people-watching I do going to and from work. Back in early January, I saw the FLYEST jacket EVVVVVER while going down to grab my lunch at work. “GASP,” I exclaimed in my head! I was walking, a safe distance, behind her trying…
Not So Mellow Yellow
This dress was to be part of my Cartagena wardrobe for a trip back in May. Figured I could whip it up fast enough. No! Not quite. It’s the popular Vogue 9357 pattern that made the rounds a couple of months ago. I chose View C in size 14 and left off the buttons. I…
2019 Scarlett O’Hara!
**shrugs emoji** That’s a classic refashion from a curtain reference, no? I’m no cash-strapped Scarlett O’Hara going to woo Rhett Butler to save my family’s tax heavy plantation. I just wanted to make something cute for my trip to Cartagena. And I found this super cute sheer dotted curtain at one of my favorite stores,…
Daphney Boutin 