I found this spectacular quilt at at thrift store this summer and was so immediately drawn to it. It is so beautiful and just about everything I love wrapped into one fabric package. Vintage fabrics, simple repetitive-style, great colors, and textural appeal--everything I love about sewing--this baby has got it all.The yo-yos are perfectly sewn together.And the fabrics are just. plain. awesome.It is to date my favorite find ever.P.S. We finished setting up our booth last night....and it was a ... View the Post
Wicked
So I guess this post is as close as I'll ever come to a "What I Wore Wednesday"... I bought this shirt over the summer when Elizabeth and I made our day trip over to the LA Fashion district. I kind of love it but haven't had a reason to wear it until last week when I went to see Wicked. I hadn't ever seen Wicked (I know...I'm behind the times) but it was really great. I loved the story, the set, and the costumes...dude...I LOVED the costumes. They had this great steam punk/ 80's vibe...and ... View the Post
A Project of Unusual Size…..
Things have been a little quiet here on the sewing front. But, we promise it's for a good reason. We have been working on a project of unusual size.....that has involved a LOT of sewing and a lot of hot glue. We are doing our one and only craft market this coming weekend, and it's been a big job. We have been on the phone joking with each other at the end of conversations that we are going back to our "sweatshops" aka sewing rooms to try and get stuff done. The projects have been fun, but ... View the Post
Draft your own Drawstring Pants Tutorial.
We showed these pants earlier this summer at Kojo's Color My Summer but we are now bringing the tutorial home. So, here it is again....just in time for back to school! Hi Kojo-ers! We are Elizabeth and Liz from Simple Simon and Co, two girls who married brothers and ended up with the exact same name. Super confusing? Um...yeah. Over at Simple Simon and Co we blog about our adventures into the art of homemaking, our love of vintage and thrifting, as well as our crazy sewing ... View the Post
A Summer Sundress.
In case you missed this a while ago during Melly Sews'30 days of Sundresses earlier in the summer......here is it's encore presentation.When Melissa asked for a sundress for summer, it was kind of a tough one for me because I wanted to make something "extraordinarily out-of-the-box creative." But no inspiration was coming. (Don't you hate it when that happens? Argh.)Until one day I saw my {almost} seven-year old drawing flowers and laughed to myself. Number one, because they are the same ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday: Ultimate Sadness
Maybe "ultimate sadness" is a little dramatic. Perhaps. But this is a pretty bad craft fail. Back in the winter when Elizabeth and I were taking that pattern drafting course I got on this kick where I wanted to make all these knit, Units style pieces for Grace. And for the most part I really like how they turned out. But then I got too confident...and ended up with this dress. Kooky, shapeless, sad. It was supposed to be a simple dress with dolman like sleeves...but then I decided to use ... View the Post
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