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…
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…
Hello! Today on Simply Saturday we’ll be taking a look at a Denim Skirt Alteration: Part Two. Let’s get started! (Oh, and I’ll leave a link to the first part here.) Starting right off where I left off last week: The next step was to figure out how much smaller I needed to make the bottom skirt portion. If I’m…
Hello again! Today on Simply Saturday we’ll be taking a look at a denim skirt alteration. Let’s get started! This is the skirt I started out with. As you can see, it’s a little strange looking. The asymmetrical details where the gathered material met the smooth material really wasn’t a good look. So I decided to change that. I started…
Hello! Today on Simply Saturday I’ll be sharing altering a knit skirt: part two. Let’s get started! And I’ll link to the first part of the process here. Where we left off last week, I was just figuring out the excess material that needed to be cut off of the skirt. In the photo above you can see where I…
Today (even as late in the day as it is) I thought I’d still get this post out. Let’s get started with altering a knit skirt! I decided to alter this skirt, since it’s a little tight as it is, and also has this really weird ruching on the left side. I’m not sure what the point of that is,…
Hello! Today on Simply Saturday I’ll be sharing my latest art project: a four seasons painting. Let’s get started! What do I mean by a four seasons painting? Well, I divided this canvas into four sections. Each section (if everything works out like I’m planning 😉 ) will contain a painting using a reference photo from each of the four…
Hello! Today on Simply Saturday (to take a break from the numerous sewing posts 😉 ) I thought I’d share a “flower tour” of a few flowers we have growing around our property. Let’s get started! First up we have my little garden (which I posted about last year here). For some reason, nothing seems to grow here very well…
Hello! Today on Simply Saturday I’ll be sharing a quick little project I did yesterday: altering a skirt. Let’s get started! Here is the skirt in question (pardon the wrinkles 😉 ). I liked the skirt, but it was an awkward length. The obvious answer to that? Alter it! The first step of altering a skirt is finding out what…
Hello! Today On Simply Saturday we be taking a look at Making a Ruffle-Sleeved Dress: Part Three (the final installment!). Let’s get started! Oh, and I’ll link to the other two parts here and here. Last week I left off at the point right before adding the zipper, so here we are! I chose this purple zipper, since it would…
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