I can see why so many people love to sew for kids! I think I spent more time deciding on fabric than on actually constructing this dress! And you don’t have to finagle with fit very much, so that’s a huge plus. We have a relatively new dressform, but not many pieces that fit her. [...]
Last week, I wrote about that super cool dobby weave fabric that I dyed. And, as promised, it is now a Colette Chantilly dress! Here it is! The Little Italy Artwalk was this past weekend, but despite all that craziness I managed to get it done! I’m pretty pleased. Although I usually determine how much [...]
I have a really awesome warm-weather project for you! My friend and I did this many, many years ago, and I wish she lived closer so we could do it again. We saw some dresses in Vogue that were splattered with color, and of course they were like a thousand dollars or something, so we [...]
In my last post I talked about dyeing fabric with marigolds. That was Tuesday, and yesterday it turned into a real dress that I wore at night! That’s some pretty good turnaround! Of course, I’m lucky enough to have this awesome job that allows me to sew all day! So here it is, my Cambie [...]
Inspired by this beautiful Spring weather and all of the colorful flowers, I spent yesterday afternoon using some old dead ones to dye fabric! I’ve been saving two jars of marigold petals since last fall, and I figured it was about time to stop cluttering up the cabinets with my jars of dead things (flowers). [...]
I’m totally digging our Deer and Doe patterns. They’re very pretty designs, and their simplicity lends well to embellishment and material play. The patterns are originally in French and translated into English, so you don’t have to pull out your old high school French textbooks to make these! The Datura Blouse is semi-fitted, with side [...]
We love our local sewing enthusiasts! Recently we were approached by Rose to test a pattern for a bag she designed, The Uptown Hobo Bag. So here is the one I made! I wanted it to look Springy/Summery, so I used Liberty Lifestyle Lytton D as the main fabric, and a light blue chambray to [...]
Thursday night we had our first official class ever here at Bolt & Spool! We all had so much fun, and we’re excited for our future classes! Our wonderful neighbor over at Juma Gallery, esteemed bag and accessory designer Kelly O’Toole taught a class on the Kelly Tote, a bag she created specifically for us! [...]
You’ve been asking for them! So here they are! Of course we didn’t want to offer just any old class…so here are two phenomenal classes that you will just love, love love! Class sizes are small – for obvious reasons, where would everyone sit to work? Plus we want to offer as much individualized attention [...]
Here are tons of suggestions for the Kelly Tote class! Call or e-mail me for pricing. If you place your order ahead of time I can send you a PayPal invoice and have your fabric ready when you come to class. Otherwise you will have to stop down ahead of time and pick up your [...]