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Great oliver +s shorts! Just in time for spring break! These oliver + s sketchbook shorts are the easiest and best-looking shorts pattern ever to make for the boys in your life! Aside from PJ bot...
Read moreI bleached my dress, on purpose. A friend, who got married in a very small ceremony after college, invited me to a “celebration of marriage” dinner at Siam Cafe (which is so delicious, and the fi...
Read moreI admittedly had a hard time with this skirt. I was really dragging my feet when it came to working on it, and struggled to find motivation to finish it. Not that it was a difficult make; I just ...
Read moreFinally! Here are the Colette Albion Coats I’ve been working on for months! One for my boyfriend and one for me. Previous winters, Josh was wearing a raincoat over a sweatshirt, and I was layerin...
Read moreUnleash the power of your hidden fabric stash! Only 26 days until you can swap, sell or donate at Bolt & Spool’s Stash Party! Thank you to everyone who has responded thus far to our call to c...
Read moreThis shirt gave me so much grief. No, I shouldn’t blame the shirt; it was totally my fault. This is Burda 7136. It is so hard to find a good button-down shirt pattern, both for women and men! I’m...
Read moreThe first time I wore this dress was to a donut-making class. I think that was maybe in late September? Here I am with a maple stick: The class was at Sur La Table, a wonderful gift from my boyfr...
Read moreI started this wool skirt a month ago in anticipation of the impending “winter wonderland,” then set it aside for some last-minute gifty stuff. At the end of December I traveled to Charleston wit...
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