In this post, I’ll show you how to add a gathered sleeve to your Trillium Dress or Top. This tutorial is an add-on to the pattern, so first you’ll need to assemble your garment up to the shoulder seams. Once you’ve done this, you’ll add the sleeves as shown below.
Read MoreThis guest post from Cristy Stuhldreher features a fantastic tutorial which is absolutely perfect for summer: How to turn the Luna pants pattern into shorts. Plus: she shows you how to add waist ties, too!
Read MoreA summer Nani Iro double gauze Trillium dress, plus some tips for using a border print for Trillium.
Read MoreA set of silk-cotton pajamas I made using the Willamette sewing pattern from Hey June.
Read MoreAn on-grain, reversible Emerald maxi dress that will also double as my summer swim coverup. Plus, this post has notes so you can make one too!
Read MoreIn this tutorial, I show you how to create a beautiful bias-bound seam finish, perfect for the Emerald dress or top, or any other pattern where the seam allowance is pressed apart.
Read MoreSay hello to our newest pattern, Emerald!
Read MoreTake a look at some of our lovely tester versions of Emerald, plus some of my favorites that you’ve posted online!
Read MoreEmerald is coming soon!! Here’s a look at my latest version of the pattern: a cross-seasonal dress made with a Merchant and Mills linen-cotton blend.
Read MoreA hot sauce apron I made for Mr Rae!
Read MoreAn update on where things are at this pandemic spring.
Read MoreThis knitted Droplet Capelet — finished late last year — joins my growing collection of knitted shawls, all of which are adding a layer of cosiness and warmth to my daily outfits. I recommend this pattern if you’re looking for a nice beginner shawl project, especially if you intend to knit other lace patterns.
Read MoreI’m on a roll with knitted projects, so today I’m sharing a fun outfit that includes a never-blogged knitted Regen shawl and cropped Rose Pants — both finished in 2018) and my sweater knit Jade tee, previously blogged here.
Read MoreContinuing with my unofficial “This is no longer a sewing blog” theme: another knitted project. This sweater — Catbells by Pip&Pin — took me most of last year to complete. I started it in March and finished in November.
Read MoreHere is my second finished make of 2021: neon pink socks.
I am hopelessly drawn to bright colors, and had purchased this Madelinetosh Twist Light Sock Yarn from Spun (my LYS in Ann Arbor) before I knew I wanted to knit socks. I used a relatively simple sock pattern in MAKING magazine Dots issue by Mary Jane Mucklestone, omitting the colorwork once I realized that you can’t do colorwork when you’re also knitting two at a time magic loop from a single skein (yet another knitting lesson learned).
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