I am still up at Camp Workroom Social today but wanted to keep on the #MeMadeMonday tradition and share my PJs I made for Camp Workroom Social! The Patterns The Linden Sweatshirt was one of my first knit garments that I made. It’s a classic sweatshirt silhouette with raglan sleeves, cuffs and hem band. It […]

Last month I sewed up the Aldaia Dress from Pauline Alice as part of my guest posts for the Minerva Crafts Blog. I love how this dress turned out! I was so inspired by the sample shown on the pattern cover that I wanted to sew up a very similar version. As an indie pattern […]

While I am already missing Summer, I tried to jump in and embrace fall this weekend and we took a trip to a local orchard to go apple picking! I wore my most recent make – The Forte Top – and snapped some pics while we were there! The Pattern The Forte Top and Dress […]

The Lane Raglan was actually one of my first PDF patterns that I bought but I never made it! I don’t know why I held off making it for almost a year but now I want to make a million of them! I actually put the Lane Raglan on my #2017MakeNine to try to motivate […]

Remember my interfacing post from last week? I was testing out interfacing for this project – and I’m super excited to share my Presto Tunic from Love Notions. The Presto Tunic is a loose fitting tunic with gentle shaping and darts at the bust. It offers two necklines – a bias bound or mandarin collar. […]

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Ever since there have been spoilers of this pattern, I have been so excited for it to come out. When I was in high school I LOVED jean skirts – I think I owned every single Abercrombie and Fitch Jean Skirt that existed from 2005-2007. Then they fell out of style and moved to the […]

Ginger Jeans in Ralph Lauren Denim from Mood It’s no secret that I love making my own jeans. That and jackets are probably my favorite thing to make because it really makes you feel like you have sewing super powers! [Also, the look on people’s faces when you tell them that you’ve made your jeans […]

I absolutely love sewing vlogs and one of my favorite is Hollie Sews! Earlier this fall, she started a seamstress tag on YouTube and while I don’t have a YouTube channel, I thought it would be fun to answer the questions here! So…here we go! 1) Who are you?  Hi there! I’m Lara from Arlington, […]

I’ve made a lot of Ginger Jeans throughout my few years of sewing and while I like them, I’m not sure they were the perfect pattern for me. The rise never felt 100% right in either the low rise or the mid rise and I felt like they didn’t really match my “skinny” jeggings from […]

Ginger Jeans in Ralph Lauren Denim from Mood It’s no secret that I love making my own jeans. That and jackets are probably my favorite thing to make because it really makes you feel like you have sewing super powers! [Also, the look on people’s faces when you tell them that you’ve made your jeans […]

I cannot get enough of ruffles and statement sleeves so when I saw that Coffee + Thread was releasing a new ruffle sleeve t-shirt I had to sign up immediately to test it! The Pattern The Lana Top and Dress is a semifitted classic t-shirt/dress with a fun twist. The dropped shoulder is finished with […]

The Lane Raglan was actually one of my first PDF patterns that I bought but I never made it! I don’t know why I held off making it for almost a year but now I want to make a million of them! I actually put the Lane Raglan on my #2017MakeNine to try to motivate […]

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