High Waisted Jeans

Lander pants by True Bias.
Button up front. Stretch denim. Straight wide leg all the way down.
Love them so much I had to gift them.

Wee Bean Baby Sweater

Wee Bean baby sweater by Taiga Hilliard Designs.
Buttons and yarn from Brooklyn General.
A very fast project, but getting around to sewing on the buttons took forever!

Black and white eyelet for the summer!

I was inspired by some eyelet fabric I found at Mood and thought about remaking favorite patterns incorporating panels of the eyelet. The shirt is a cropped shirt dress that I've made before (Simplicity Lisette 2246)  and the skirts are Vogue V7910 version B (both out of print!). For the denim skirt I used a Mood denim but chose the reverse side. It has a great sheen to it and works well with the white eyelet. My daughter's shorts are made completely out of the fabric and she wore them as a beach coverup.

Perfect summer shorts!

Simple and quick shorts from Burdastyle. Model 114 from Magazine 3/2012.Fabric is inexpensive black cotton from Brooklyn General and the trim is from the Pacific Trimmings. I love these shorts- they are high waisted, loose and not too short- and I will power through some pairs in different fabrics next spring. I also love the way the front piece laps over the back.

So I subscribed to Seamwork Magazine for $6 per month which includes the magazine and 2 free patterns. So far I've made the Dakota swim bottoms. I wore the high waisted style bottoms on vacation this summer and they fit really well in and out of the water. I made 2 pairs using different style polka dot fabrics from The Fabric Fairy www.thefabricfairy.com where they have a great selection of swimsuit fabrics. I ran out of time to make a top so I just bought a solid black underwire style from H&M.

Eyelet Round Capelet by Kathy North-

Found this free pattern on Ravelry and have been working on it off and on for about 6 months. It's almost done and I'll put up a picture of the finished item soon. I think it will be a great Spring wardrobe piece and it will definitely be ready for Spring 2015! Bought the yarn at Brooklyn General www.brooklyngeneral.com  and then ran out before I was done which led to the decision to add a contrasting stripe as the ribbing. B.G.didn't have that same yarn in stock and also said the dye lot I had wasn't like the usual color anyway. The yarn I bought to finish it is different, but the warm light gray seems to compliment the flecked warm dark gray (wish I had noted down the names of they yarns I used...). Super easy subway knitting project, but took forever because of the circumference of the cape.

New hand-made slipcovers!

Well...They took longer and cost more to make than I anticipated, but they look great. They are on and functional (even though I still have to sew on the skirts...)
This website de-mystified the process http://www.honeybearlane.com/2011/06/how-to-make-a-couch-slipcover-part-1.html with clear directions including piping and zippers and my draping class at FIT taught me some techniques on how to drape and fit the couch (I ended up using style tape to divide the chair and couch in half and created the pattern that way). Now I have custom patterns to use when I want to make new covers again.
Fabric is from House Fabric and is supposed to be from Pottery Barn www.housefabric.com
I bought new foam for the cushions on Canal St. www.canalrubber.com (the foam was $200 for a sheet and they cut it to size for me...).
Zippers are from Pacific Trimming.
Changing the slipcovers spurred us on to reconfigure the living and dining room areas. I'm definitely in the mood to continue to change up the house...