Altering a Skirt

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…

Making a Ruffle-Sleeved Dress: Part Three

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…

Making a Ruffle-Sleeved Dress: Part Two

Hello again! Today we’ll be taking a look at Making a Ruffle-Sleeved Dress: Part Two. Let’s get started! (And I’ll leave a link to the first part here.) Starting right off where I ended last week, here we are at the step of finishing up the open edges. I used this purple bias tape, since it was the only color…

Making a Ruffle-Sleeved Dress

Hello! Today on Simply Saturday we’ll be taking a look at making a ruffle-sleeved dress. Let’s get started! I decided to use another one of the vintage patterns (I made another outfit using a vintage pattern in this and this post). I made the third view of the dress, in a size two as shown. For fabric I actually used…

Making an 80’s Romper: Part Two

Hello again! Today on Simply Saturday, we’ll be taking a look at making an 80’s romper: part two. Let’s get started! Picking up where I left off last week, we’ll start with the elastic that I inserted into the back of the romper. It served the purpose of gathering up the excess fabric. Something that I’ve noticed in a lot…

Making an 80’s Romper

Hello! Today I’ll be sharing one of my most recent projects: making an 80’s romper. A kid-sized 80’s romper, more specifically. If you follow my Instagram, you probably saw the reel that I posted sharing about some patterns I recently acquired. Well, I finally got around to actually trying some of them out! I decided to make the third version…

Drafting my Own Pattern

Hello again! Today on Simply Saturday we’ll be taking a look at how I went about drafting my own pattern. Let’s get started! So with this project, I wanted to try and make a copy of another outfit; you know, a reproduction. As it happened, however, the outfit I’m trying to copy only exists in my imagination, since it’s from…

Denim Jumper Remix

Hello again! Today on Modest Monday we’ll taking a look at a denim jumper remix. Let’s get started! I posted this jumper on the blog before (which I’ll link to here) hence why this outfit is a “remix”. 😉 I was recently thinking that I should really try and wear all of the clothes I have made more often; not…

My Sewing Process

Hello! Today we’ll be doing something a little different; taking a look at my sewing process when it comes to trying out new ideas. Let’s get started! Also, please excuse the two-second drawings. 😉 I drew these illustrations so that you could (hopefully) see what I have in mind. The first photo is what I imagined the front of the…

Pink Shirt and Patchwork Denim

Hello again! Today on Modest Monday we’ll be taking a look at another outfit, featuring a pink shirt and patchwork denim skirt. Let’s get started! This outfit came together last week. It’s actually made up of two pieces I haven’t worn in a while. Sometimes, I get stuck in a rut of wearing the same skirts and shirts; just kind…