Making a Dress, Part One

Hello! Today on Simply Saturday I’ll be sharing some of the steps I took in making a dress, which was my latest sewing project. (And you may remember I posted something about the making of the mock-up a couple of weeks ago. I’ll link to that here.) Well, after finishing up that mock up and liking the result, I decided…

Rewriting History

Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we’ll be taking a look at a novel I picked up a few months ago: Rewriting History. Let’s get started! If you want a read that doesn’t take a lot of brainpower, but is still reasonably interesting, allow me to draw your attention to Rewriting History by Vera Dodge. The protagonist, Mary Fisher, has retired…

Patterned Skirt and Black Shirt

Hello! You may realize that it’s Tuesday and I usually post about outfits on Monday… but that’s just the way things went! 😉 So anyway, today we’ll be taking a look at an outfit I wore recently featuring a patterned skirt and black shirt. Let’s get started! For this outfit I wanted something that felt like fall and would be…

Jack and Jill

Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday I’ll be taking a look at another Louisa May Alcott novel, Jack and Jill. Let’s get started! Is this another book intended for young-ish readers? Yes. Is it still enjoyable to older readers? Also yes, though it does depend on if you want to enjoy it or not. 😉 Jack and Jill follows the story…

Seasons of the Heart

Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we’ll be taking a look at another series by Janette Oke. And on a side note: you may have noticed that posts here on the blog have been few and far between lately. I’ve been pretty busy and unfortunately blog post writing sometimes get’s pushed a little too far down the to-do list. But if…

Drafting a Bodice Pattern

Hello! Today on Simply Saturday we’ll be taking a look at my process of drafting a bodice pattern. Let’s get started! The first step in the process (for me at least) was to lay out the shape that I wanted using ribbon. Then I filled in the shapes with scraps of material. Those scraps of material then had to be…