Posts Tagged “summer”

cape cod haul

By Me | August 10, 2012

Tweet I spent a lovely weekend in the Cape with my girlfriends and ran into a JoAnn’s! They’re so rare in Boston and New York so I always jump at the chance to visit one. While my friends rummaged through a Christmas Tree Store, I ran next door to JoAnn’s to find a sale on [...]

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scallops! (part 2)

By Me | May 15, 2011

Tweet This is the last of the “Yellow Springs” fabric I have. I called it that because it was a jumble of colors against a natural color background and it remind’s me of Martin’s hometown in Ohio. It’s the only hippie-ish fabric that I like. Scallop stitch on test fabric: Again, with the excess fabric [...]

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summer ruffle dress

By Me | May 4, 2011

Tweet Simplicity 2497 Pattern Description: Simplicity 2497 – Cynthia Rowley Collection Party dress with ruffle collar, although I did it in a light cotton striped print for more of a summer dress look. Pattern Sizing: 4-12 (I did size 12) Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing [...]

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