Get to Know Me… I’m still pinching myself and my Fall pattern ME2006 is in stores! When I got the call from Mimi I was having a very tough time still dealing with a miscarriage and had recently been relocated on my 9 to 5, 50 miles from my home. I’m not gonna lie, I cried a lot mainly because I was talking out my dreams with a sister a year or so before telling her I wanted to make my own patterns. After that conversation with my friend, I simply wrote down my goals and I didn’t think about it again until Mimi reached out. Once the news got out about “The Big 4” now being “The Big 5” the love ..read more

Rose Water Wow, it’s been so long since I’ve blogged. Whew, 2020 is all over the place! This Spring and almost every Spring, I like to create at least one staple piece for my wardrobe with a soft color palette. Pastels always do it for me! I found this rose brushed crepe fabric from Joann’s and I knew I had to bring this jacket to life. This Mimi G Simplicity pattern 9052 reminded me of my standard issue Army jacket; classic, comfy, and plenty of pockets! I’ve held on to that jacket for over 10 years and even stolen all of my hubs (check out how I styled it HERE). Construction Obviously this ..read more

My first fabric collection is here! If you are following me on Instagram then you know I recently released my first collection of designs “Feels Like Summer” now available on the Spoonflower website! My collection features a few of my favorite things and colors for summer. Obviously I’m obsessed with watermelon and my plant babies. One of my first makes with my own design, I choose Watermelon Skin in original and pink background. You can find these prints in my Spoonflower design studio here. Feels like summer has a total of 11 designs (some smaller scaling upon request). There are currently 3 ..read more

A break can do you good I have been back and forth to Georgia for family and to say goodbye for now to a friend and I just have not felt like sewing. I was also under the weather my first visit home so there’s that. Well, I needed a project that was going to challenge me enough to finish in a day or two and this Mimi G Simplicity pattern 9463 was IT! I purchased this fabric from Melanated Fabrics and I initially wanted to make a spring suit jacket with but I wasn’t in the mood to sew a jacket. With Very Peri being Pantones color of the year this print is perfect for spring. The pattern is ver ..read more

Pink Corduroy takes Flight Okay, for real, for real. This isn’t ya girls first jumpsuit and it won’t be the last. It is however, my first flight-suit, so let’s get into it! If you’ve been following my IG then you know I am no stranger to corduroy. Over the past two years I have created 5 makes with corduroy you can check out one I actually blogged about here. GET INTO IT I decided to use the Blanca Flight Suit by Closet Core Patterns. I have had this pattern for at least a year and it has been a year too long. I’ve made other jumpsuits but this flight suit is by far my favorite fit! While I ..read more

What’s better than one? Two! Hey y’all! I pulled out this Spoonflower Sports Lycra™️ to create not one but two of my favorites, swimwear and leggings. For the swimsuit I used the Closet Core Sophie swimsuit pattern and for the leggings I used a TNT Mccalls pattern (more deets on those here). I’m all for a matching set and I was inspired to make these two because I wanted to purchase a similar set from IVY PARK. Well them thangs sold out as quick as you can inhale. So I went to the drawing board and thought how can I achieve this look myself? And here you have…the HEXY SET! Sophie Construction ..read more

Here we are in the thick of Spring! I have dreamed of the perfect fabric for this Vogue 1548 Guy Laroche pattern for quite some time. The model on the pattern is wearing this dress in white which to me was very chic but not bold enough. It was then I realized I didn’t want to use a solid this go round. Just before I became a Spoonflower Ambassador I racked up on a few prints I had my eye on. A few of those prints were obviously my sis Katie Kortman. So I had this Spoonflower Silky Faille that I never used and my machine was ready! Designing This pattern has lots of details; topstitching, makin ..read more

Lush & Wild I had the pleasure of receiving Katie Kortman’s Lush & Wild double gauze fabric in this beautiful print before it was released April 19th on Fabricdotcom. Click the link here to view the entire collection. Let’s just say I absolutely love these prints The fabric choices include double gauze, sateen, canvas, and quilting cotton. The hand on the double gauze is a nice soft drape and perfect for Spring and Summer. After sharing a sneak peak of this look on my IG, this print sold out on the 1st day lol. But don’t worry they will print more and it will be available again soon. S ..read more

Welcoming Spring This Spring I’m all about the many shades of purple! I’ve been sleeping on this purple stretch corduroy from Melanated Fabrics all winter and finally decided on the perfect match. Sorry they’re all out of this purple but there are a few other colors to choose from. I used McCalls 7997 to create this look and the darts on this one help to give the dress a little more shape for those curves. If darts aren’t your strong points, check out this method I use to cut the dart portions out of the pattern pieces for easy markings. There’s quite a bit of handsewing for the hem, sleeves ..read more

The Sicily I finally made my first…well second slip dress and I love it! So I jumped on the Masin Sicily Slip dress pattern bandwagon. I must add that I taped together view B by mistake and decided to use this view as practice. I initially wanted to make the spaghetti strap version view A. View B did not work well with my breast but I still wear it. View A however, did not disappoint okurrrrrrr. My fabric for view A came from Fabric Godmother based in the UK. When I saw this fabric I knew immediately I wanted to use it for my Sicily (sorry I think it’s sold out). The fabric has muted green app ..read more