My Mini Spring Wardrobe Selections For The Colette Patterns 2011 Spring Challenge
After much plotting and scheming, I’ve finally figured out the items I’m going to make for my mini spring wardrobe that includes: 1. The New Little Black Dress from the Uniform Project in their proprietary black fabric 2. The Left Hand Dress (Fabric to be determined–I’m looking for a print in pinks, corals, and reds) [...]
Vintage Wednesday Addams Dress Pattern a.k.a. My 2011 Spring Palette Is Also Black
I’ve heard that you know that you’re officially old when you have the haircut you know you will have for the rest of your life. I’ve had the same Buster Brown haircut since I was five. I’m equally immature (cough) consistent with who I choose to emulate with my wardrobe choices. Wednesday Addams. Cruella DeVille. [...]
2011 Spring Palette Challenge Project #1: A Sustainable Dress For Everyday By The Uniform Project
I have fetishized English boarding schools my entire life. As a kid I totally wanted to be sent away to school. Although most of the books I read about boarding school were full of murderous headmasters, edwardian poltergeists, and stale tea cookies, none of them managed to deter my preppy anglophilia. While the root of [...]
Colette Patterns’ Spring Palette Challenge!
I just signed up for Colette Patterns’ Spring Palette Challenge, a 10 week sewing challenge for creating a miniature spring wardrobe based on my favorite spring colors. Since my 2011 personal challenge for myself is Only Handmade, the Colette challenge dovetails perfectly with my own mandate. So, even though I’m already two weeks late to [...]
52 Letters, 52 Weeks Challenge: “Attila The Hoot” Owl Baby Hat
Letter #3 of my 52 Letters, 52 Weeks Challenge is a baby gift (included with a congratulatory note, of course) for my college roommate who lives in Atlanta. The only childhood item that my extremely practical college roommate, Georgia Peach, brought with her to college was her stuffed owl, Attila. So when Georgia Peach gave [...]
52 Letters, 52 Weeks Challenge–Letter #1
Check out this fabulous, enameled and bejeweled, bee-shaped pill box my friend Stephanie sent me for, oh, no good reason. She’s definitely tuned into my psychic radio station, because I know I’ve never mentioned to her that I’ve been looking for a pill box to replace the grubby little Tupperware container I’ve been carrying around [...]
The Lurid Details Of My Only Handmade Mandate for 2011
Because, you know, it’s never too early to set yourself up for crushing failure, here are my initial expectations/rules for my ONLY HANDMADE IN 2011 Mandate: Unless I can figure out how to get a full-ride scholarship to an Italian school for shoemakers this year, I will not be getting new shoes. Why? Because any [...]
