Welcome to the Bespoke Briefs Blog Tour!! I am your stop for Tuesday, and I am so excited to share the undies that I have been sewing recently with you. You can call them panties, undies, knickers, underwear, and so many other names, but my favorite term for them in Read more…
I absolutely adore little girls in frilly dresses. I wanted to sew a dress for my youngest that will transition well from summer to fall. I chose the Ellie and Mac Girls Play Date Dress Pattern because I wanted a knit bodice with sleeves and all the frills, but I Read more…
My list of sewing goals is LONG. I am slowly making it towards a completely handmade wardrobe and am absolutely loving it when people can’t tell I made my clothes. The one area of my wardrobe, though, that is still heavily store bought is woven shorts with a zipper fly, Read more…
I don’t quite have the time to sew a complete handmade wardrobe for each of my children (I have 5!!), but I do try to make sure they each always have special pieces that I have made them. I recently got the chance to test the Patterns for Pirates newest Read more…
I have been so busy sewing tops and dresses all summer that I have neglected a major need in my closet – bottoms. I had to fix this; so, over the past few weeks, I have been sewing shorts. The first pattern I pulled out of my pattern library was Read more…
Yesterday was my husband’s birthday, and I only had a few minutes of sewing time to make something for the occasion. He has been asking me to make panties that don’t show a visible panty line on my athletic tights forever, so I took the plunge and made a pair! Read more…
The summer heat is in full effect in my part of the world (North Texas). In fact, we are having a bit of a heat wave. It has been hovering between 105-108 for many days now, and the sun just feels relentless. I am in that part of the summer Read more…
Do you like to sew with woven fabric? I have a special place in my heart for woven fabric and have been sewing it up like crazy in this hot humid summer we are having (and always have in North Texas). My latest obsession has been with the Chirripo top Read more…
I love dresses. They are the easiest outfit to grab and not have to think about matching a top to a bottom. They also look put together and comfortable. I recently got the opportunity to test a woven add-on to the Summer Dawn pattern by Striped Swallow. The original pattern Read more…
The New Horizons Cascade Tee for Girls has been on my list of tops to sew ever since the pattern came out. I absolutely adore the cascading flounce detail and knew it would be a quick pattern to sew for my daughter. Over the past month, I have made her Read more…