The leather-working bug is highly contagious – after making my backpack I last month, I couldn’t wait to get started on my next leather project! Especially because I have access to industrial sewing machines at my job, there was no reason to not…
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A lot of 2018 has been about trying new things, and over the weekend I tried my hand at sewing my very first leather bag. There’s a lot to learn about sewing with leather! It’s different from regular fabric in that you can’t hold pieces together with pins, you…
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I really didn’t think I was going to make a swimsuit this year. Don’t get me wrong, I love sewing swimwear, but there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of cute one-piece swimsuit patterns out there – I’m no longer a bikini/two-piece kinda gal these days. But when…
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You guys, I made a thing! Now that I’m done with classes for the semester, I finally finished my Alder Shirtdress that I started almost two months ago. I’m trying to stash-bust this year and sew through the fabrics I accumulated over the past few years when I…
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If you follow my Instagram feed, you know things have been a little quiet when it comes to sewing…2018 has been a bit of an adventurous year so far! Most of my sewing distraction is due to being a new homeowner – my husband and I bought a house…
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