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
Jessie Top/Dress by 5 Out Of 4 Patterns Though I don’t think I’ll ever have too many Jessie dresses (I just made another and added it to my original post), when I saw these dots, I was looking for a few more frills. Since the fit of the Jessie dress is perfect, I decided just
Lakeside Dress by Annelaine Patterns After making the Mountainside Tank and realizing, I really do like racerback tops after all, I was ready for more and along came the Lakeside dress! I used Paradise ITY from Sly Fox Fabrics with athletic brushed poly in Caribbean for the bands from Amelia Lane Designs. It’s a nice
Gloria by 5oo4 Patterns Gloria dress hits at the natural waist, has several neck options and a bunch of skirt options including high-low. It also has full bust adjustment pattern pieces! My favorite part of 5oo4 patterns! No adjusting, just print, cut, sew! I opted for the knee length skater skirt. Gloria’s most unique feature
Ellie and Mac Sweetie Pie Tunic and Dress This is a super simple, just front, back and sleeves kind of pattern top/tunic/dress like the Ellie and Mac tee dress. When I decided to make one I was pretty nonchalant about it. But that escalated quickly! My first turned out so beautiful that by the end
Be Dreamy Dress by Ellie and Mac This dress is dreamy! With a dramatic high-low hem (mine is unhemmed) and flounces (I made the long flounce) this dress is super extra. It’s surprisingly easy too! The flounces are much easier than sleeves and don’t need hemming. The bodice is lined to support the weight if
Lucky Girl by Ellie and Mac I used the Anniston Hacci Sweater Knit and the Olive DBP from Amelia Lane Designs to make my Lucky Girl dress by Ellie and Mac. I went for the tie option. The banded option is much quicker, but I wanted the look of the tie. It calls for tape,
Ellie & Mac Tee Dress I neglected to blog this dress when I originally made it. I recall I whipped it up the night before I wanted to wear it and it’s just been in the rotation ever since. It happened to come to the drop of the laundry as I was running out to
Not So Cold Shoulder Raglan by Amelia Lane Designs I used Odessa brushed poly and mauve DBP to to hack the Amelia Lane Designs – Not So Cold Shoulder sweater into a raglan swing dress with flounce sleeves. Here’s my blog on how I did that hack. Made for Mermaids Nina Swing Dress Amelia Lane
Mix It by George & Ginger This pattern has thousands of options! 5 front necklines, 5 back necklines, 5 skirts, plus you can layer the skirts like this one, I did the full circle peplum over the fitted skirt. I used the high back neckline with the asymmetrical front neckline. I made mine in ponte
