I live in maxi dresses. I mean, I wore lots of dresses in my pre-Saipan life, but now I only have shorts (and one lone pair of jeans) as a formality. Like someday maybe I’ll look in my closet and think, “Yep, today’s the day- I’m not going to wear a dress.” I’ve seen several tutorials for …
easy dress tutorial
how to sew a simple girl’s dress
Piper loves to look through my fabric. I don't have a ton here in Saipan, so it's a short exercise, but it always (always!) ends in a request for a dress (or a stuffed unicorn) using whichever fabric she loves most that particular day. Now, these dresses-and-unicorns hardly ever come to …
kojo tutorial- layers of lace dress
Piper Jane loves the book Kiki and Coco in Paris (ok, actually, she loves all things Paris- thankyouverymuch Madeline). Every time we read it (multiple times each day), Pi asks, "I can have a dress like Coco?" The dress Coco wears is layers of lace with a bow on one shoulder, pillowcase dress …
kojo tutorial- the forty five minute dress
I hinted at this in The Happy Birthday Dress post- I have discovered the easiest dress-making method ever. I should time myself making one of these gems- it takes less than an hour for sure- maybe forty five minutes-ish? In fact, the pretty bow is the most labor intensive part, for sure. To make …
the sophia dress- a tutorial
This summer, I've been on a comfy dress sewing kick for Piper Jane. It started when I was planning for our lo-ong trip and wanted to pack as many soft, jersey dresses possible (for both me and Piper, actually). I finished up two comfy dresses for her before the trip (the reversible Anchors Away …