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Prost! An Upton Dress dirndl hack for Oktoberfest
Sometimes, you just have to make a dirndl. I confess, I’m not much of a dress-up, costume person. Maybe it’s because I’m British, where Halloween is mostly the domain of sugared up 6 year olds in ghost...
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Classic Fall: Striped and Plaid Washington Dress
Hey all, it’s Carrie here and we’ve entered my most favorite season in New England. I love fall; the temperature, the leaves, the activities, the plaid. Yes, I love a good plaid. Recently, while fabric...
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Mixing it up! All-knit Washington Tunic
As the weather’s getting chillier, I’ve become obsessed with cosy comfortable clothes… and let’s face it, there’s not much that’s more comfy than knit tunics and leggings. I have a suspicion it’s going...
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Polka dot overlay Turner Dress: fancy AND comfortable!
You know how sometimes you try on a garment, and you think oh this is just so me? THIS IS SO ME! (And if it’s so you, too, you can buy your own kit to make the dress here!) I’ve been a fan of dresses...
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Drink, anyone? Burgundy Appleton Dress
Next up in my festive Cashmerette wardrobe: it’s a burgundy Appleton Dress! (And if you want your own, you can pick it up as a kit here). As soon as I found this rich rayon jersey I was totally...
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Bringing in the new year with a Concord Tunic
Happy New Year, funsters! And what better way to kick it off with one of my most-worn garments from late 2015: my Concord T-Shirt Tunic hack. My steely determination to mostly wear tunics and leggings...
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A couple of Turner Dresses in the sun
It’s funny: product development takes so long, that I’m often wearing the next Cashmerette Pattern months and months before it’s launched! The main challenge is keeping them off Instagram (although the...
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Sprouts are good for you! Sprout Patterns Turner Dress
One of the things I like most about sewing is the creative potential. If you can think of it, you can make it! Compare that to Ready to Wear clothing… ugh. I remember a particularly enlightening trip...
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The jury is out: StyleArc Adeline dress
For a long time, I’ve made my rejection of sack dresses well known. Heck, I even founded a sewing pattern company in opposition to the idea of sack dresses being the only things available for plus...
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Another Concord tunic: the bread & butter of sewing
Is there anything more comfortable than a ponte tunic? Methinks not. I recently found this amazing doubleknit at Emma One Sock (get it here!), which is black with tiny little dots on one side, and...
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