In the making: A Plaid Jumper

Today I’ll be sharing a project that is currently in the making: a plaid jumper! Let’s get started. First off, I’m using this pattern from Marie Madeline Studio. I searched for the exact pattern on the internet, but unfortunately couldn’t find a link for it. It is twelve years old, at any rate. (I used another one of their patterns…

Completed: Patchwork Denim Skirt

Today I’ll be sharing a few photos of my new patchwork denim skirt (the making of which is here, and here) as part of an outfit. Let’s get started! And here it is! I paired it with a long shirt, since it’s a little low-waisted (more on that later). I didn’t want to worry about bending over and my shirt…

Making a Jean Skirt: Part 2

Today is about making a jean skirt, the second part. The skirt actually turned out a lot better than I thought it might! So let’s get into how I took from here to finished! As you can see in this photo, the back is a lot neater after top-stitching. I ironed down the seams, then stitched them. Oh, and I…

Turning Ratty Pants into a Skirt

Or, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure! Today I’ll be sharing where I am in the process of turning a few pairs of ratty pants into a skirt. Let’s get started! These are the “ratty pants” in question. My idea was that by cutting pieces out of the more usable sections of fabric, I could make a (hopefully) cute…

New Shirt + Handmade Denim Skirt

Today I’ll be sharing a combination made up of my newly acquired tee and handmade denim skirt. Oh, and sorry about how late this post is getting up. It’s been a busy day, and I haven’t had a chance before now to sit down and write. Anyway, here I am at last! This is one of the outfits I wore…

New Skirts and Old Friends

Hello again! It’s Modest Monday again. Let’s get started. Oh, and I finished making my denim skirt! I wore this outfit on a Saturday a few weeks ago. Some friends that we hadn’t seen in years were coming over to spend the day with us, so we had a lot that needed to be done before they came. As a…

A Day’s Outfits: 4th Of July Edition

Hello again! Today I’ll be sharing not one, but two 4th of July outfits. Oh, and happy belated Independence Day! 😉 Outfit Number One: Church As mentioned in this post, I tend to go a little bolder with red, white, and blue on Independence Day. Yesterday was no exception. 😉 I was a little concerned that it was too in…

The Bed Sheet Skirt

Hello again! Today I’m sharing another sewing project: how to make a skirt out of a sheet! I actually made the skirt, pictured above, a few years ago. It was a failed attempt to make a maxi skirt, since I didn’t notice when I originally cut it out, that there was a big hole in the back. Just a little…

In the Making: Denim Skirt

Ciao! Today I’ll be sharing about one of my current projects, a denim skirt. Now, for a little backstory: I’ve been wanting to make a new denim skirt for a while now, but hadn’t purchased any fabric for it yet. We usually buy fabric at Joann’s, but since the store is a little bit of a drive for us we…

A hand-sewn alteration

Hello again! Today I have another skirt project to share with you. Here we have the skirt I altered. (Unfortunately, I forgot to take a “before” picture until I had already cut the skirt and started to gather the top. You can still see what the skirt previously looked like, I hope, in the one I did take.) I’ve done…