Little Lamb Studios
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Mary Rockcastle is a designer, seamstress, and maker living in Rochester, New York. This is a blog dedicated to documenting sewing self drafted and indie sewing patterns, consuming less, being better to people and the earth, creative exploration, and my life and times in Rochester, NY.
Little Lamb Studios
5y ago
Hey Ya’ll! Get ready to see my junk!
When Anita from Megan Nielsen Patterns reached out to me about making a couple of their new patterns I was all the way in. I have never actually made any Megan Nielsen patterns but I have a long list of her patterns I want to make, and I also have been loving watching her increase her size range recently. They sent over a tank (coming later next week) and a swimsuit pattern. I’m skeptical of swimsuit sewing, and to be honest I don’t have that much swimwear fabric and findings in my town ..read more
Little Lamb Studios
5y ago
Hello All! I hope everyone had a happy easter, or passover, or whatever you celebrate! I uh, may have went a little hard this easter. I put my low carb lifestyle on hold to slam dunk pie and potatoes into my face all day. I feel literally terrible today, April 22nd, like I’ve been hit by a sugar bus, but it was worth it.
Traditionally my family goes to the Yacht Club in Rochester for Easter brunch, so when I heard we would be celebrating at my Aunt Amy’s home instead I was eager to make my April pie. I did some googling ar ..read more
Little Lamb Studios
5y ago
I’ve been putting the Colette Penny on my Make 9 lists for eons- or at least since the pattern came out. I bought this fabric from La Mercerie AGES ago. Probably a little less than a year ago. The fabric is a beautiful lawn that I think La Mercerie is particularly known to stock. I always know when shopping with La Mercerie that the fabric will be not only beautiful but high quality for making garments.
The making of this dress was extremely satisfying from a seamstress point of view. So far this year I’ve made a bunch of ..read more
Little Lamb Studios
5y ago
I’ve been meaning to make a gathered York Pinafore by Helen’s Closet ever since Helen released the hack on her blog ages ago. I actually was more interested in sewing the gathered waist York than the regular one, despite making the un-hacked pattern first. I have been really practical with my fabric buying in 2019 and I invested in some charcoal essex linen blend fabric from cottoneer to finally churn out the gathered waist York of my dreams.
The making of the York is always a pleasure. It’s a wonderfully drafted pattern w ..read more