Summer is coming....

I've been a busy bee for the last few months and one of the things I've been obsessing over is making shorts.

I started drafting a pattern from scratch about a year and a half ago in a prior apartment and sort of never got around to using it.  So a few muslins later I've got a pair of African wax fabric shorts. No bells and whistles just an invisible side zipper.

Say hello to Shorts 1.

Shorts 2 will be with fabric I hand dyed last year with indigo and they're going to have pockets.

In college I made many pants so this feels like going back to my roots. 

Yay....

Happy dye-d things.

Dye round 1- Sewing makes me happy + more happiness when I've dyed the fabric myself.

I've been itching to dye for a for a few weeks so I got on it.  

Silk front with slub cotton blend back.

Dye round 2.  No a bad way to spend a Friday night in...

Creative resist-I didn't have enough chopsticks but colored pencils worked well in a pinch!

December Break

Holiday time is for family, friends, eating out(especially Chinese food) and seeing LOTS of movies.

Also, for procrastinating.

If I had time...

I would quilt...

My personal quilt made by my mother many years ago.
It is kind of falling apart due to time and cat.

Billy Blanket via specks &keepings via simple things.

p.s. simple things is my new favorite blog. check it out.

 via various projects

via Gina Rockenwagner Makes Stuff

Secret Handmade Santa

Gave- to the lovely and talented Nora Wolf.

Giving and Getting for the Holidays is fun, so my best ladies and I put a twist on it and did a Secret Santa where what we gave had to be handmade. 

Hope everyone's having a lovely holiday season!!!

Got-made by the lovely and talented Jackie Lee.

Need. It.

WANT is an under statement.

Anna dress in Forest from Wiksten.

I want to wear this today....and pretty much everyday.

photo via Wikstenmade

Krantz and Mociun Necklaces.

Krantz and Mociun necklaces. via Mociun.

Really liking these mixed media necklaces, the texture, shapes, and colors, are VERY appealing.