Life has been hectic lately. You know when things get very busy and very stressful, and you don’t have time for the things you love and you can’t enjoy them anyway because you feel worried and anxious ALL the time? It sucks, right? Stress comes and goes. I thought I’d focus instead on some of [...]
I am dying to make sweaters from this ice cream colored yarn I just received from Colourmart. If you haven’t seen Colourmart before, they sell cashmere, silk, and other luxury yarn factory remainders for very affordable prices. I picked out a pale blue cashmere/merino blend, a mint green cashmere/merino, dove grey 100% cashmere, and pale [...]
Long ago, I promised I’d share with you the amazing book of patterns and motifs I bought in Iceland. This book was a real splurge for me. It is huge, gorgeously printed by the local museum in Reykjavik, and as far as I could tell, unavailable outside of the country. I went back and looked [...]
Check out the new scarf and aviator cap I knitted up recently! I’ve been dying to make a hat like this for a while, and I think the scarflette is adorable and quite warm! The yarn is Malabrigo merino worsted in mineral red, and it is so soft. It’s kettle dyed and has some slight [...]
I just randomly came across this amazing specimen of embroidered victorian silk stockings on Etsy. Aren’t they amazing? I’m inspired to do my own whitework embroidery on stockings now. I just need to find stockings sturdy enough to last longer than a few wears first!
Friends, I am thrilled to announce that the Spring collection of sewing patterns is now available for purchase! Here’s what I wrote on the Colette Patterns blog: I think you will all really love what we’ve done. Each sewing pattern is packaged up in a pretty little booklet with a linen-textured cover, a singer-stitched binding, [...]
Last one! Another one I’ve had sitting around for a good ten years. It’s kind of shameful. I also made some sort of crazy skirt/underbust corset thingy out of this back in the day. I adore plaid, and this warm red plaid is very punk rock vivienne westwood. It’s some sort of synthetic, which I [...]
I have had this fabric since high school. In my club going days, I made a corset and matching circle skirt out of it. I still have a big piece left. It’s a black flocked leopard pattern on black cotton twill. It would make a really cute pencil skirt if you’re the rockabilly type. I [...]
This is a small piece of some reproduction 50s barkcloth. I used it to cover some cushions on our kitchen chairs years ago. Even the chairs are long gone, but I still have this scrap! Width: 56″ Yardage: 1/2 yard, plus a strip that’s 56″ long and 10″ wide. Fabric weight: heavy, home decor weight [...]
This fabric is like candy, I love it. Or at least I love it in theory, I’ve yet to make anything out of it. I think I envisioned a striped summer sheath with a contrast waistband. Anything form fitting would be amazing, because this fabric has a bit of stretch. Width: 52″ Yardage: 3 1/3 [...]
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