sewing the Tammy Handmade Leona Dress in Valori Wells WIsh Knit
Fabric | Patterns

A Leona Dress – 8 years in the making!

Oh my goodness. This is my April 2022 stash-busting project, featuring one of the first fabrics I purchased online, which prompted me to search through my email inbox to find the invoice and figure out exactly when that was… I learned today that it looks like I started playing around with sewing in 2014! If you’d asked me how long I’ve been sewing, I would’ve told you about 5 years. Looks like my timeline has been off!

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sewing the Fibre Mood Holly in Cotton Lawn fabric
Collabs | Fabric

Prairie Chic Holly Dress in Cotton Lawn with Minerva

something about this hue recently that has made me want to give it a try – especially during the autumn months. I will be straight with you here – I picked out this fabric last fall anticipating that I would make a fun dress for Thanksgiving. However, I absolutely overestimated how often I’d be able to make my way into the sewing room once I returned to work after maternity leave, and I’ve been running… Oh, a few months behind my own self-imposed schedule? 

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