(like the rod stewart song)
i'm an elder millennial living in the bay area who loves dark beer, the environment, and sewing for the tiny humans in my life.
All tagged oliver and s
i guess we can file this one under ‘good things come to those who wait'.
for halloween a few years back maya asked for a wednesday addams costume.
after making pretty dresses for talia, halloween costumes are probably my favorite thing to sew.
of course i was going to sew my baby boy a lil man flannel.
within an hour of finding out that talia was going to be a girl i went to my fabric stash and starting planning her first dress.
in the spirt of not letting perfect be the enemy of good, here is a quick post.
when a very good friend had a baby girl named violet, i knew whatever i made her had to be floral and purple.
after a decade of sewing for other people’s daughters i knew sewing for my own would be fun…but i had no idea how much fun.
for halloween this year i decided the kids would go as characters from jude’s current favorite book: strega nona.
is this thing on?!
Between the new house, trips, lots of visitors, and a generally busy millennial lifestyle, I haven’t had time to sew, let alone blog recently. however when maya specifically requested a back to school dress three weeks ago I knew it was time to change that.
but wait, there are more flower girl fabric leftovers!
i used was able to squeeze one more piece out of the lovely honeycomb fabric from fabric depot I used for the garden party dress and mini southport dress: an oliver + s butterfly top in the 12 - 18 month size.
