Pink Etta dress
I’ve sewn quite a number of things since I last posted, but some of them have been a bit disappointing, even though I enjoyed the process. (A too-big wrap dress is weirdly unflattering, it turns out!) Today I took a couple of hours to finish off a pink Etta dress, made out of a coral pink cotton-Lycra from The Fabric Store’s L.A. location.
Tilly & the Buttons Etta, Freya, and miscellany
It’s been cold and rainy here in L.A. (OK, cold-ish, this isn’t exactly Canada) and things have been similarly bleak here on the homefront. We’ve all been sick with colds, and the beginning of the new academic quarter sent everyone into a tailspin, as it always does. For awhile the best I could do, sewing-wise, was a seam or two a night. Still, I’ve gotten a few projects finished.
Continue reading “Tilly & the Buttons Etta, Freya, and miscellany”A stretch velvet Joni dress
I’ve had Tilly Walnes’s Stretch book for a while now, and I’ve had my eye on the Joni dress for months. When I saw a lavender stretch velvet in the L.A. Fashion District, I knew exactly what it was destined for. Bonus: the fabric was super-cheap! I think it was $5 or $6 a yard.
Continue reading “A stretch velvet Joni dress”Odds and Ends
I haven’t sewn any major items of clothing over the past few weeks, but I have made a number of tops and a dress or two.
Dora, as I’ve mentioned, likes to have kid-sized versions of my clothes, including the Vogue 1513 I made a couple weeks ago. Obviously, that is an absurd dress to make for a child, but I can’t say no to her! This is actually the extremely tried-and-true Bella Sunshine Designs Sahara dress, just with a floppy flounce on the shoulder.
Vogue 1513
Stuff for me, stuff for my girl
I’ve been sewing a lot lately, but mostly small-ish things, nothing showstopping.
Dora has come to believe that she needs a kid-sized copy of anything I make for myself, so we can be twins. Since I have a habit of buying more fabric than I need, it’s a nice way to use up the extra.
The By Hand London Anna dress
A Scout tee, a skirt, and a twirly dress
I’ve been traveling a lot and then we moved, so I’ve had very little, if any, chance to sew lately. Things are starting to settle down, though, and fortunately I have a posting backlog.
