Hi Slayers! I love a wedding as most people as I am an event planner have planned a few weddings in my time. I enjoy all of the pomp and circumstance that goes into the planning but the best part is dress of shopping. What other wedding is highly anticipated then the one Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. When Meg, from the McCall Pattern Company reached out to me to fill in for Lori due to a personal family emergency, I said yes immediately One because I wanted to help out and two because I was already planning on...
Hi Slayers! Spring has sprung … at least for me it has, and I am ready!! This McCall Pattern #M7723 was one of my favorite makes thi year. It is very clear if you don’t know this by now…. I love sleeves, sleeves and more sleeves! Actually, the bigger the better!!! I was inspired by a look I saw on a instagrammer that I loved. I think I nailed this #sewthelook with my flavor of course! What do you think? She was wearing blush paper bag pants and a sheer top with blush undertones. I love red and...
For months I had to keep this under wraps. I have been following Michelle of ThatBlacChic.com for years. I love… I mean I LOVE her style! She sews for her muse her daughter Mori and let’s just say her work is AMAZING! When she reached out to me last year, I was shocked and humbled all at the same time. Check out her site for her inspiring style pics. A magazine.. me…who..what …why and when? Those were the questions that ran through my mind. Would I have time to get my blog up and running, sew the required looks, take...
McCALL’S PATTERN M7482 I loved making this McCall Pattern M7482. The patterns feature that was appealing to me was it’s fitted jacket and that asymmetrical zipper. I chose to do the hood less version as I felt the hood was too big, plus I really liked the look of the collar piece. The contrasting options were also appealing. I picked out the black crisscross sheer fabric known as performance bonded mesh first from JoAnn Fabrics and then looked for complimentary fabric. I really wanted something that popped and my local JoAnn’s didn’t have that many options. So I trekked it to...
Do you enjoy sewing and sewing in groups? Then come sew with us at Project Sew. Presented by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, sponsored by That’s Sew Monica and the Plano American Sewing Guild, Project Sew brings novices and expert seamstresses together once a month to sew in a fun and creative environment. Project Sew is free and open to the public with a City of Dallas Recreation Center Pass. Join us for the whole day or a few hours. Come and go as you please but don’t forget your sewing machine, materials and your lunch. Registration and...
For March, we are making pants. Yes!!! These McCall Pattern #M7726 paperbag pants are definitely on trend and in style!! I will definitely make many of these. I am excited to announce my first collaboration for 2018 with the wonderful Brittany J. Jones! Brittany is AWESOME and if you are not following her please do so immediately. She is a fellow home sewer and YouTuber with her great great videos “Sew with Me”. If you are new to sewing she is a great resource. She will be doing 2 videos on this pattern. Check out her video for View B...