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Trend Watch…Flirty, Flowy Skirts!

Last week’s “Thursday Styles” section of the New York Times featured long, flowy skirts as a trend to watch in coming seasons. This is great news for sewers because they’re super easy to make! A co...

Aaaand We’re Back!

Not that we went anywhere. Actually, we have some exciting news! We’re selling online now!! So if you can’t get your fill of Bolt & Spool in Cleveland, you can visit our store anywhere! It took...

Datura Blouse to Dress : A Tutorial

Remember when I said I would make another dress from the Deer & Doe Datura Blouse? Well I did that, almost immediately after I committed myself to it. Unfortunately, making something and bloggi...

Datura – Blouse to Dress

For a very long time, I’ve had this image in my head of a woven dress, one that’s pretty casual and easy to wear–like, no zippers or buttons. Something sort of blouse-y and loose, but that didn’t l...

Violette Fields Ginger Sundress

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...

Dyed Dobby Chantilly Dress

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 despi...

Dyed Dobby

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 spla...

Marigold Cambie Dress

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 luc...

Debbie Dyes Dotted Swiss

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 las...

Deer and Doe Datura Blouse

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 ...