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Tag Archives: sewing
Reconstructed plaid dress
Some of you may remember this dress from the second-to-last day of Me-Made-May. This is actually the first plaid dress that I can remember owning. Terrible, I know. I’ve had it in my to-be-reconstructed pile for a couple of years now, but I finally got around to reconstructing it. Continue reading
Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged Budget, dress, plaid, reconstructed, reconstruction, refashion, remake, sewing, thrifted, thrifting
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Strawberry Sherbet Exercise Top
I finally made some cute active wear for myself. It’s been a long time coming, as I’ve grown more and more frustrated with RTW clothing of all kinds. I used to think that it wasn’t worth my time to make items that I would just use to exercise in and get dirty. But you know what? I’ve realized that it’s even more important to be comfortable when exercising.
This exercise top with a built-in bra is the first of the active wear items I made. I actually finished it a couple of weeks ago.
My biggest complaint is having to wear a sports bra even when an exercise top has a built in bra. That’s three layers of material, and I usually still have significant bouncing action. Most tops don’t give the level of compression that I need. This top has a built-in bra and it does a pretty good job. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged active wear, bow, exercise top, polka dots, racerback, self-drafted, sewing, shirt, shorts
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Dress for The Great Gatsby Sewing Challenge
My dress for the Great Gatsby Sewing Challenge is complete. Here it is!
This dress is Great Gatsby inspired, and as I said in my planning post, this project is also in honor of my great grandmother, Frances Coles. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged 1920s, 20s, 20s inspired fashion, dress, Great Gatsby Sewing Challenge, self-drafted, sewing
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Me-Made-May ’13 Week 5
I know we’re a couple days into June now, but here’s the final weekly wrap-up for Me-Made-May. I succeeded in taking my daily photos, but I definitely crashed and burned on the looking nice everyday front…
I’m glad that I participated this year, but I am ecstatic to be done taking pictures of myself everyday.
So, how did I do? Well, this was my pledge for the month:
I, Becca, of Creative Notions, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’13. I endeavor to wear a different handmade garment every day for the duration of May 2013. I also pledge to sew at least two new garments and two activewear garments.
I wore a handmade garment everyday, without any outfit repeats. Everything I wore was me-made, aside from cardigans and jeans. I did wear my jeans a couple of days, which made me realize that I really need to experiment with making a pair myself. I realized that most of my spring and summer wardrobe is made by me. However, if I tried this challenge in fall or winter, I would have mostly repeats.
I more than met my sewing goal, too. I made 8 new items, several of which have not been posted yet. MMM gave me the boost I needed to be productive.
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Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged activewear, clothing, dresses, Me Made May, Me Made May '13, MMM13, my closet, my wardrobe, reconstructions, refashions, sewing, thrifted
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My First Kelly Skirt
Guess what? I finished a new skirt last week, and I can tell she and I are going to become good friends over the next few months.
I wore this skirt last week, as you saw in my MMM post on Sunday. I finally got around to taking some pictures of it.
When I came across the floral denim, I knew immediately what I wanted to make with it. As soon as I got home, I ordered Megan Nielsen’s Kelly skirt pattern. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged button-up skirt, cicada, clothing, denim, fashion, floral, Kelly skirt, Megan Nielsen, sewing, skirt
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A Summery Dress & Some Spiky Thistle
When I saw this thistle on the side of the road, I thought it would make the perfect backdrop for a couple pictures. Unfortunately, a couple of pictures is all I got in because there was a sudden influx of passersby.
I tried to take one of those giant thistle flowers home with me, but there were spikes on everything, including the leaves. Yikes! I don’t think I’d ever been close enough to thistle to realize how “thistle-y” it is. Ha! My penchant for doting on weeds is becoming well-documented. I’m once again guilty of being a weed-lover, because I think thistle is really cool looking. If I could’ve taken one of the stalks home with me without getting bloody, I would’ve.
Anyway, let’s talk about the new dress…I have made this design several times over the past three years, or so (the ones below are some of the custom orders I did through my Etsy shop). It usually popped up in the form of a top, with a cowl or a split cowl. Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged casual, clothing, design, diy, dress, fashion, floral, knit, pattern, self-drafted, sewing, Verity
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Me-Made-May ’13 Week 4
Are we there yet?! I’m so ready to be done taking pictures of myself everyday. It’s becoming a bit of an annoyance. We’re almost there though. Only a few days left in May. Good thing too, I’ve worn just about every single me-made I have.
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Just to give you a new face to look at, here’s sweet little Newton. He says, “Hi, everyone!” Oh yeah, and as you can see in the last photos, I just received my new glasses. Now, I have a pair to wear with blues, greens, and blacks and a pair to wear with all the other colors. I’ve never had two pairs of glasses at once. I’ve usually either lost or broken my old ones by now. 
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Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged clothing, dresses, fashion, Me Made May, Me Made May '13, MMM13, my closet, my wardrobe, reconstructions, sewing, thrifted
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In Progress – Great Gatsby Challenge Dress
Last month I mentioned that I wanted to make something inspired by my great-grandmother Coles for the Great Gatsby ’20s sewing challenge.
I meant to post my plan a couple weeks ago, but I was busy sewing up a storm. Boy, am I glad that I have until the end of this month for this challenge. I’m almost finished sewing the dress, but I plan to add beading, too. :O Continue reading
Posted in General, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged 20s, 20s inspired, design, dress, Great Gatsby Sewing Challenge, self-drafted, sewing
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Me-Made-May ’13 Week 3
If only I’d had time to come up with a clever title for these summary posts. Oh well. It’s round-up time again. Here’s what I wore for week three of Me-Made-May ’13.
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That’s all for week 3. I’ve been sewing like mad over the weekend, to the exclusion of everything else. We’re taking a trip for Memorial Day weekend, so I’m trying to make sure that I have what I need to keep my me-made pledge alive. What have you been up to this weekend? Any Memorial Day weekend plans? Continue reading
Posted in General, Reconstructing & Thrifting, Sewing & Crafting
Tagged activewear, braids, dresses, Me Made May, Me Made May '13, MMM13, my closet, my wardrobe, reconstructions, sewing, thrifted
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Spring Cleaning Giveaway Winners
Friday evening was the deadline for entries in the Spring Cleaning Giveaway. Thank you to everyone who was interested in the patterns and dresses! Today, I’m announcing the winners. I’ll make this short and sweet.
The winner of the bell-skirted evening dress pattern is… Continue reading
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Tagged dress, giveaway, handmade, sewing, sewing patterns, spring cleaning, winners
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