Cashmerette Appleton Dress in Minerva Luxury Viscose Jersey

Cashmerette Appleton Dress in Minerva Luxury Viscose Jersey

August 30, 2023
 It's hard to overstate just how luxurious the Minerva Core Range Luxury Viscose Jersey is! It is so soft to the touch and drapes perfectly for any number of garments. I chose to make the Cashmerette Appleton dress in the color "raisin" - it will be the perfect addition to my autumn maternity wardrobe and work well in postpartum.You can head over to my Minerva profile to read all about this dress and my love for the viscose jersey fabric. I need some in nearly every color now!This fabric was gifted to me in exchange for a post on Minerva's sit...
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Marissa
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Bias Skirt in Teal Prada Satin Crepe

Bias Skirt in Teal Prada Satin Crepe

February 05, 2023
 Sewing exclusively in my “calm summer” color palette has helped ensure I love and wear my makes. And I recently started purchasing seasonal capsule wardrobe plans to help keep the pieces I make current and cohesive. Looking through the winter capsule plans I decided to make a bias skirt to round out the pieces I already had and I knew the beautiful teal color of this Prada Satin Crepe would coordinate well. Head over to my profile on Minerva's site to read all about the journey to the finished garment - and it was a journey! I'm really happy ...
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Marissa
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Cashmerette Vernon - TomKat Stitchery Shirt Making 101

Cashmerette Vernon - TomKat Stitchery Shirt Making 101

November 06, 2022
 I had the great pleasure of spending this weekend in the Indianapolis area sewing with my friend Whitney from TomKat Stitchery, and almost a dozen new sewing friends! I took Whitney's Shirt Making 101 class, love my final shirt, and had a blast making it.The first evening was focused on fit. Whitney helped take our measurements and assess which size would fit us best. She had prepared muslins in advance for us to try on based on our measures and that helped us speed through any adjustments we needed to make. I fell into the size 6 range and, ...
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Colors of Korea Formal Simplicity Dress

Colors of Korea Formal Simplicity Dress

October 29, 2022
My husband and I recently took a trip to Sweden and attended a formal gala themed "The Colors of Korea." We were asked to wear colors from the South Korean flag and I didn't have a dress for the occasion, so you know I made one!Over the course of the next year it is my goal that each new make of mine uses a fabric and/or pattern from my stash. I needed to purchase a fabric for this dress since I didn't have one in my stash that fit the dress code so I searched my stash for a pattern I already owned and found Simplicity 2580. I originally thrif...
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Cher Top in Minerva Linen Viscose

Cher Top in Minerva Linen Viscose

October 26, 2022
My husband and I recently took a trip to Sweden. The weather was cool and called for a moderate amount of rain so I packed lots of layers, including my new Cher Knit Top in Minerva Core Range Linen Viscose Sweater Knit. I felt both comfortable and stylish in it, a travel win! Head over to my Minerva profile to read all about this make and purchase your own linen viscose here.Fabric for this make was gifted to me by Minerva in exchange for a post on their site. This post contains affiliate links and I appreciate your support! ...
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