With Sydney’s big day almost here, I had to choose a pattern to make and wear for the wedding day. Grandma had three different wedding dress patterns in her collection. I decided to stick with the wedding theme and pick one of those for my outfit. I chose this pattern, from 1965. I discovered that…
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Princess Kristen And The Fashion Quest
I guess the third time’s a charm! Yes, this is the third time I am making this dress pattern. I made it in two different views for Mia. If you’ll remember back to my previous post, “My Little Mermaid Becomes Part Of Their World”, I explained that right before Mia got a job offer in…
The Tablecloth Dress
This dress was the last one I made in the “Mia needs work clothes fast” collection. I had bought this pattern right before the pandemic hit. It is a new pattern, with a 2020 copyright. I mention that because, like 2020, this pattern was complicated and stressful! It looks simple enough, and it was for…
The Little Zipper That Could
Does this pattern look familiar? It should because I already made it! But in my sewing hustle to make Mia some work clothes, she chose this pattern that I used to make her Ariel dress. This time we are using view C. She chose this pretty rose fabric. Would anyone notice that she had the…
Mushrooms, Mushrooms, Mushrooms
With Mia starting a new job so quickly, she was not prepared in the work wardrobe department. As many of you know, trying to find clothes for a specific need is not fun. It usually ends up with you buying something that is “meh” and that you end up hating and not really wearing. Finding…
Happy Birthday Grandma
Today would have been Grandma’s 93rd birthday. I love this picture of her and my dad. It was taken not too long before she passed. To me it shows her get up and go, and spunk. Here she is, in her 90’s, and still out helping stack firewood. She never stopped being active, and putting…
My Little Mermaid Becomes Part Of Their World
Mia has always loved Ariel. She’s also thought she was part mermaid since she was a very little girl. She planned a trip to Disneyland with one of her friends, and of course needed a custom dress! She chose this pattern for her dress, and we found this super cute Ariel fabric to make it…
Measuring Up To My Great Grandma
This dress was a challenge for me! The pattern itself is a 1960’s replica pattern, which was not too difficult, BUT I needed to size the pattern to fit Mia (my daughter, for those of you who don’t know me personally). The pattern also included fun facts about 1960’s fashion. Enough being distracted by fun…
The Reversible Dress
The first garment from a pattern in my collection is this retro styled reversible dress. Once upon a time Simplicity released this pattern as a “Jiffy” pattern. They were right, I sewed it in a jiffy! For this dress, my daughter Mia volunteered to be my model. Of course, in exchange she got a new…