Hi everyone! I hope all is well with you. I am all smiles right now because it is fall 🍁, and it is my favorite time of year. I love watching the leaves change from green to reds and oranges. I love decorating the outside and inside of my home with pumpkins and fall decors, […]
Gingham and Sneakers
Hey you guy!! I know it’s been a while since I blogged, but it has been a very busy summer. We took a 10 day cruise vacation, the kids had sports, and I also home school them during the summer to prepare them for the new school year. However, with all of that on my […]
Day and Night Dress Challenge
Hi everyone!! I hope that you are all doing well. Today I am going to talk about two dress that I made for a “Day and Night Dress Challenge,” that I participated in for the first time this year. This challenge was created by the awesome Elizabeth of elizabethmadethis.com. This year’s theme is coffee and […]
Father-Daughter Dance 2018
Hello everyone!! Happy Saturday!! The time has come again, for the father-daughter dance. This year, the theme is Paris, which made my daughter so very excited, because all she ever talks about is being a famous pastry chef in Paris. Even her room is Paris themed. Being the little fashionista that she is, my daughter […]
McCalls 7723 and 7726: Black, White, and Red
Hi everyone! Happy Thursday! Today I am coming to you guys with M7723 and M7726. I have been drooling over both of these patterns since McCalls came out with their early spring catalog. As soon as I received my fabric, I got to work. For both patterns, I did not have to make any changes. […]
Sew Blue: Mommy and Me
Hello everyone. I hope all is well with you. This week has been sew productive for me. I have been trying to tackle some of my pattern stash, and some of my fave patterns are by Mimi G. Her style and skills are impeccable. I have been following her work since she started on YouTube, […]
The Pattern of the Summer
I Hello everyone! Today I am coming to you with one of the most popular pattern of the summer, Vogue 9253. and I must say that McCalls Pattern Company really hit the ball out of the park with this pattern. If you follow sewers on any social media platform, this is one pattern that you […]
Tony Awards Sewing Competition
Hello everyone. I hope all is well with you. There are a lot of things that I dream of doing, but I often let FEAR get in the way. Well, This month I told fear to get out of my face and take several seats.
I love memes with that baby in it 😂😂😂. Anyways, I entered a sewing competition and was one of five people accepted. The first challenge was, “Tony Awards.” The contestants had to pick a McCalls company pattern of their choice to make a formal dress for the Tony Awards. I chose Vogue pattern 1533. First of all, let me say that this pattern is not for beginners unless you just want to challenge yourself. There is a lot of intricate details that needs to be done right in order for the dress to really look well made.
I did not really make any alterations except for shortening the length a little, because I am only 5’3″. To make the gown, I used a royal blue crepe back satin fabric and an embroidered tulle fabric for the overlay. This was the longest I’ve ever spent making a dress from a pattern, but I must say that I am very pleased and proud of the results. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog, it is very much appreciated. Scroll for photos.
My Design: The Jaime dress
Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful day. The weekend is underway and I got so much sewing prep done for my future sewing projects. One of my best project is a design that I worked on this past week for my daughter. I call it the “Jaime dress.” It is a halter dress […]
Sewing With Patterns: planning, organizing, and prepping your sewing process
Hello everyone. I hope all is well with you. I have a confession to make. I am a pattern junkie, but the sewing process takes me forever because I have been so unorganized. I follow quite a bit of fellow sewers on Instagram and on the blogs, and I always wondered how they were able […]
