Every 6 months or so I am invited by a friend to her CAbi party. I really do like the clothes, but in my opinion, they have gone down in quality over the years. The last pair of overpriced pants I bought from them stretched out so very, very much and had poor recovery. So…not […]
Years ago I bought a jersey t-shirt at a fast fashion store, and it turns out that I loved the fit of it. It was too casual to wear to work, but I wanted to make a pattern from it so I could make some shirts to wear for my business casual office. They turned […]
I made the first one of these last summer, and really love the ease of it. It is a nice size, and matches everything. I needed one that was more cream, so when I saw this leather in the scrap leather bin at the fabric warehouse, I scooped it up. It was a good size […]
I was supposed to be working on a casual wardrobe, and this ended up not being so casual. It is more of a dressy top to wear to work in the summer, but that is okay. I needed this! It fits a little tight, since it is a rayon with lycra, so not as much […]
I happily decided to test this new swimsuit by Wardrobe by Me, since I wanted a new suit to wear. This is a good basic swimsuit, that most people should be able to make. I did a few things different from the pattern, and Christina asked me to write up a guest blog post on […]
When I volunteered to test this one, I was really leary of whether I would have time. Turns out that feeling was correct! The kids are just so busy right now that I didn’t have a lot of time (baseball practice, softball game, softball practice, baseball game, tournaments all weekend long…). Then…swimsuit pictures. Oy. So […]
Now that summer has arrived, and I am sitting at baseball games and tournaments for hours on end, I have come to the realization that I don’t have much to wear. I have a fairly decent work wardrobe (though I could use some new tops), but casual is not good at all. I’d like to […]
Now that Me Made May is done and gone, I can start mixing up what I wear with my RTW articles. During MMM I tried to wear a top and bottom that I had made. Turns out this is getting easier, as I have been making my clothes for several years now. The wardrobe capsule […]
I started writing this post in July. Yep, last July. Just a little behind. 😉 I worked on drafting these pants, and went through three different versions. Some were drafting fails, though still wearable. Stuff happens. *shrug* These pants were a drafting work-in-process. The first brown pair…the side seams were off kilter. Totally my fault […]
Even though I have way too many things on my plate (like usual), I thought this pattern was very cute. I volunteered to test it, and it did turn out very cute! Wardrobe by Me Amelia Bomber Jacket Outfit details: Jeggings made by me, top – CAbi, boots – American Eagle I used some Nanette […]
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