Happy Friday, friends!! Here's what I'm up to lately:For the past...hmmm quite a long time, actually, I have been slowly working on drafting and then sewing pants. I'm on a...
Read MoreIt's time for me to introduce you to our next Sewing Superstar! (Learn more about this fun series HERE.)Today we're featuring Rachel, who blogs over at Stitched Together. She has five...
Read MoreYes, I know, I know; I have a pile of things to finish but sometimes you just gotta make something in your head, you know? I had this idea to...
Read MoreWe've had quite a bit of fun celebrating my Washi Dress Pattern's third birthday, haven't we? (If you'd like to catch up on details, here's the original post.) I am amazed at...
Read MoreThis lovely double gauze has been sitting on my shelf for months while ideas for what it would eventually become percolated through my brain. I purchased it in a double-gauze-buying-binge from...
Read MoreElliot and Clementine are back to school as of yesterday. Woooooohoo. I crave the beginning of school not because I want to see less of my kiddos, but because I love...
Read MoreBack this week after a lovely cottage vacation! We stayed on Silver Lake, Michigan last week with Mr Rae's side of the family: his mom and dad and sister and brother and their...
Read MoreOne of my favorite ways to make the Beatrix Top is actually a pattern hack. You may recall that the pattern includes a View A (which I like to call the...
Read MoreAfter making my first Pearl dress (blogged here), I immediately made this one. The Pearl Dress pattern is from Green Bee and this version was made with one of my favorite prints...
Read MoreIt's been a while since I posted pics of le bebe, so let me show you the latest Flashback Tee I made for him!! It's a whole new world of clothes-making...
Read MoreWith the hottest days of summer upon us I've been wearing dresses almost daily, especially my Lotus Pond tank dress. So it made sense to make another tank dress that could stand...
Read MoreJust a quick reminder that today is the day to enter the Happy Washi Birthday giveaway over on Instagram; just post a pic of you wearing your Washi and tag...
Read MoreRemember the Beatrixalong? A few weeks ago I hosted a sewalong to welcome my newest pattern, Beatrix, into the world, and a bunch of you participated and made some awesome tops!Let's...
Read MoreEarlier this spring I spent a lovely weekend at Camp Stitchalot teaching garment sewing and fitting to about twenty awesome ladies along with Christine Haynes, Alexia Abegg, and Karen LePage, three of...
Read MoreCan you believe that Washi is three years old?? Whaaaaat. How is that even possible? The Washi Dress was my very first garment pattern for women, and when I released it back...
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