Tag: selfmade
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Jessica Sews | Matilda Dress
Today I’m excited to share a project that took me a while to jump into, but when I did, I couldn’t stop myself from stopping! This is the Matilda Dress from Megan Nielsen Patterns. After starting with the Dawn jeans (I know you’re tired of me going on and on about them), I decided I’d…
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Jessica Sews | Upcycled Swiss Dot + Refashioned Levis
When it comes to my sewing projects, I usually finish them within a couple of days of starting. If it gets set aside for too long, it becomes lost in the abyss/I feel guilty and hide it with other fabric. These jeans were just about to meet the same fate until I found myself nearly…
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Jessica Sews | Peplum Eyelet Refashion + Wide Leg Dawn Jeans
There are a couple fabrics that instantly draw me in when I’m shopping for fabric at the thrift store – eyelet and chambray. You saw my chambray refashion earlier this week, so here’s one example of how I’ve harvested eyelet fabric and remade it into a different silhouette. I was instantly drawn to this navy…
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Jessica Sews | Hayden Tee, Dawn Shorts and DIY Shoes!
Alright alright, I’m two months behind on these photos. I’ve chopped my hair and gotten glasses, but I am still LOVING this head to toe self made outfit. From the hat on my head to the soles of my shoes – everything is #memade! Let’s jump in and I’ll tell you more about each piece!…
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Jessica Sews | Overalls Hack with Dawn Jeans
On to the next piece of my capsule wardrobe – my high waisted overalls! I had originally wanted to make the bib overall version of this pattern, but… I lost it! In a fervor to make something, I ordered the Megan Nielsen Dawn Jean as a pdf I could print at home. In the course…
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Time Traveling | Early 19th Century Corded Stays
I’ve been on a sewing roll in 2019 and my latest project is a pair of early 19th century stays. As fashion moved towards a neoclassical influence around the turn of the century, the undergarments worn also evolved. Instead of shaping the torso into a conical shape (like my first pair of stays), the shape…
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Time Traveling | Making 18th Century Stays
Voila! I’ve put the finishing touches on my 18th century stays and I could not be more excited and proud of the final result. I’ve made these as the foundation to complete my 1780’s style costume that I’ll wear this fall with my family to a Revolutionary War re-enactment. But before I go into any…
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Making an American Flag
Between going elbows deep into my own family tree and becoming fully intrenched into the Hamilton soundtrack and Revolutionary War history, somewhere along the way I decided I wanted to sew my own American Flag. And it’s kind of strange because I haven’t felt all that patriotic in the past year and a half. As…
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Throwback Thursday | Mommy + Me Edition
Back when I made this romper for Bea Bea I vaguely thought back to an outfit from my own childhood – a red, white and blue dress I wore for my kindergarden school photo in the late 80s. When I was cleaning out my garage a few weeks back I found the actual portrait…