YAY! I made it to Round 4 of the Rippin’ Ain’t Easy Sewing competition with the help of your votes. The challenge for this round was any pattern of your choice in GINGHAM fabric. Hey, isn’t this tree forming a “V”? Could it be that the “V” is for VOTE for RUQAYYAH! ha…ha…ha…but seriously…please take a few minutes to vote for me so that I can move to the next round.
April 17, 2014
When I make clothes for myself, I make them to last! I have never been the fastest sewer nor do I make “fast fashion”. The sleeveless blazer in this post has been in my closet for more than 4 or 5 years!
I had a great time this past weekend with a soccer and a baseball game for my kids and I attended an amazing charity event benefitting the American Thyroid Cancer Association (hosted by jewelry designer Rasheeda Turner of Qi Designs) with my husband. After such a great weekend, I thought that this would be the perfect time to share this dress that I have had in my closet for a while (and never worn)!
I think that I have a new crush…this skirt! The skirt was created for the Rippin’ Ain’t Easy Sewing COLOR BLOCKING challenge for Round 3. Please vote for my look Saturday, April 11th starting at 8am-8pm CST. Vote for RUQAYYAH. Please click on the link HERE to vote.
The time is finally here for show and tell of our wrap dresses! I am so overjoyed with this opportunity to co-host for the McCall Pattern Company wrap dress sewalong with Meg Carter (McCall’s) and Lucinda Campbell (sew-wrong.com). For six weeks, we have been posting tips on making our versions of a Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress using Vogue, Butterick, McCall’s, or Kwik Sew patterns. (I used Vogue V8379.)
Check out Meg’s dress (from The McCall Pattern Company HERE) and Lucinda’s dress HERE. Keep reading to see my dress…
