Category Archives: Project Ideas
← Older postsGoing Mad in the Prettiest Way
April 4, 2013Now that Sew For Victory has finished up its time to jump a decade or two ahead for the Mad Men Dress Challenge 2! I spent an embarrassing amount of time looking for the perfect inspiration dress to be inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | Tagged mad men dress challenge, peggy dress | 8 CommentsUpcoming Projects, Projects, and More Projects!
March 26, 2013Well lucky for me the deadline was extended on the Sew For Victory sewing challenge. That gives me the rest of the week to finish up my 40′s pattern! This is the pattern I chose. If you’ve been in a … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | Tagged 40s, colette patterns, laurel dress, sew for victory, simplicity 2406 | 3 CommentsRefashion Destashin’
October 25, 2012If you’ve been reading my blog for a long time you probably know that I used to do lots and lots of refashions – changing oversized thrift store finds into new garments. I haven’t been doing many of these lately … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | Tagged refashion | 9 CommentsChicago Here We Come… After A Few Projects
September 25, 2012In a couple of weeks Tim and I are heading to Chicago for a long weekend. We’ll be visiting one of Tim’s old friends and doing some exploring of Chicago on our own. This is the first time visiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | Tagged chicago, clover, colette patterns, peony | 1 CommentPeony for October
September 18, 2012I had a super fun time sewing the Macaron for Sew Colette 2.0 and next up for October is the Peony dress! I hadn’t been able to get really excited about the shape of the dress until I considered adding … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | Tagged dress, peony, Sew Colette 2.0, sewalong | 2 CommentsReunited And… Not Sure What To Wear?!
August 30, 2012So my lovely other half has invited me to be his date to his upcoming high school reunion and it’s a few weeks away. That means I may have time to sew up a cute frock instead of having to … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | Tagged ava dress, high school reunion, v1174, v1304, victory patterns | 13 CommentsSew Colette 2.0
August 8, 2012I’m a little late to the party but I”m going to join in on the latest Colette patterns sew along. The group will be slowly working its way through the entire Colette pattern collection. The official sewalong started with Colette’s Hazel … Continue reading
Posted in Project Ideas | 1 CommentDorothy Returns
July 12, 2012Recently I spotted this oh so lovey frock on Etsy. Isn’t she beautiful? As I was trying to mentally calculate how much of my plasma I would need to donate in order to buy her I had a tiny realization that “oh ya! … Continue reading

