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First Communion Dress From the Building Block Dress Book Bodice

04/30/2017

Her special day was a lovely one. It was sunny and a bit windy as we met her classmates at the church to receive their first time taking the sacrament of Holy Communion. The children were so cute and it was a happy day! Her best friend came and we went to the beach afterwards. […]

Filed Under: Girls couture, Girls Sewing, Special Occasion Sewing

Sewing a little girls’ lace overlay bodice

04/28/2017

While sewing a lace overlay over a strapless bodice is quite involved for a woman’s dress, sewing one for a little girl is pretty simple. In the past, I’ve only made dresses like this for women and they involves creating a structured, boned corset under a lace overlay. It is very time consuming! But not […]

Filed Under: Bridal Sewing, Girls couture, Girls Sewing, Sewing Tutorial, Special Occasion Sewing

A Fairytale Dress For Spring

03/20/2017

Recently I’ve decided I really like patterns by Liesl Gibson. I also really enjoy reading the Oliver & S blog. Especially the weekend links! I know many of my sewing blogger friends were making these patterns up years ago, and singing their praises, but somehow they passed me by. I was probably busy sewing up […]

Filed Under: Girls couture, Girls Sewing, Pattern Reviews

Wild and Free Cheetah Girl Running Pants!

02/14/2017

Besides unicorns and rainbows, Gigi loves cheetahs and running. Recently she joined up with our town’s youth track and field club. She doesn’t really have any cool workout clothes, only some old sweats she sleeps in, so I thought it would be fun to make her a running outfit she could get excited about. She […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, Pattern Reviews

Rainbow unicorn girls skater dress!

02/12/2017

My little girl loves unicorns and rainbows! When I was downtown last week I walked into one of those cavernous huge warehouse fabric shops were most of the fabric is in crazy prints and of dubious quality. Everything was two to three dollars a yard so when I spotted this crazy fabric I knew Gigi […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing

Jalie Bella in crushed stretch velour.

01/14/2017

Pattern- Jalie Bella- Second use so average cost is 10.00 Fabric- Panne Velvet from Joann on sale, 6.00 a yard. 1.5 yards 9.00 Total cost 19.00 This is the second version of the Jalie Bella and it won’t be the last. It fits Lily perfectly in size R and I know I want one for […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, Pattern Reviews

DIY Maribou feather trimmed stretch velvet minidress

01/01/2017

When we were up in Berkeley last month for Oliver’s graduation, we were headed back to our hotel from his party on Shattuck Street. I spied the fabric store Stone Mountain And Daughter on the street. We had the Uber driver pull over and we jumped out! What a fabulous shop! We had about twenty […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, Holidays, PATTERN DRAFTING, Pattern Reviews, Sewing trends

Jalie Bella: The perfect teen party dress

12/09/2016

I loved this pattern. It took an hour to trace off to my freezer paper and tape , 1/2 hour to cut out and two hours to sew. Jalie Bella fit straight out of the envelope in a size Q and looks like something you would buy in a shop. She loves it and wants […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, Holidays, Pattern Reviews

The winding tale of sewing with silk velvet and the nightmare of buttonholes in velvet. Vogue 9141

12/08/2016

                                                            Vogue 9141, completed with just enough time to get to the Christmas show.                                 Vogue 9141 in silk velvet with silk taffeta collar and cotton lawn lining. Size 6.                                                               Lots of twirliness with its’ circle skirt! I spent the night in downtown LA last week after attending one of my oldest and best friends’ fiftieth […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, Special Occasion Sewing

Wonder Woman! Simplicity 1035

10/31/2016

This costume was inspired by a trip to McDonald’s earlier this month, whereupon Gigi received a Wonder Woman headband in her Happy Meal. Et, voila! An idea was hatched. I just happened to have some star spangled fabric, and there also just happened to be a Simplicity sale at Joann that weekend so it was […]

Filed Under: Costumes, Girls Sewing

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I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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