Sew Americana 2019

I’m participating in the Sew Americana tour this year! So glad that Katy from Wild and Wanderful is organizing this event, it’s so much fun! Check out today’s meet up HERE.

There’s no shortage of patriotic ware in our household. My husband is a former United States Marine and now heads up our local Marine Corps League, so we go to plenty of speeches, dedications and fundraisers! I have patriotic wear for all times of year and dress codes!

I want to share a couple of recent makes from earlier this summer before showing off what I made for this blog tour!

First, our matching Sawyer Hacci outfits from the Freedom of Summer blog tour/Thrifty Thursday at Amelia Lane Designs. Blog post here.

Next, I made my first Halla Stardust tank , which I hacked to put the star on the front and the back. I used cotton spandex jersey for the base and a red poly with stars for the star. Both from Nature’s Fabrics for their July fabrics event.

Finally, let’s talk Sew Americana! Since I already have two outfits on the more casual side, I needed a new more dressy outfit and I happened to have a couple of yards of red liverpool from Amelia Lane Designs leftover! It’s so vibrant and the texture really dresses it up!

I made the Annelaine Tangerine dress with the scalloped hem in red liverpool. Right now I have it dressed down with my favorite new sandals but I can dress it up with heels and the liverpool looks quite fancy so I can wear this to many summer evening events!

I live at elevation and evenings tend to be a little chilly even during the very hot summers, so I also made myself an Annelaine Tea cardigan using sweater knit from an Amelia Lane Designs Choose Your Own Adventure sweater mystery box! It’s a muted red white and blue stripe, which is perfect for the kind of events I might wear it to, patriotic without being cliche.

Check out the whole SewAmericana tour here!

Monday, June 24: Wild & Wanderful · The Petite Sewist · That’s-Sew-Kari · Stitched by Jennie · Marvelous Auntie M

Tuesday, June 25: Petite Stitchery · auschick sews · Sew Simple Home · Sewing Novice · Striped Swallow Designs

Wednesday, June 26: (Swimming in a) Sea of Estrogen · The Eli Monster · 5 out of 4 Patterns · bigflynotions · Stitching and Making

Thursday, June 27: Middle River Studio · Crafty Curly Couture · Sewing with D · Kitty Makes It

Friday, June 28: Boo + Lu · Sequoialynn Sews · Seams Sew Lo · Made By Jaime · SewSophieLynn

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Annelaine Tangerine

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