Confident Beginner
A Jack of no Trades
Kelly Anorak
WHERE HAVE I BEEEEEEEN?! Guys, it has just been a dang busy few months. May was all loopey lou in preparation for a big life adjustment which happened in June. Now, June's all like, 'hey, I see you are trying to change your life. Let me rock your world by making...
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✨Razzle Dazzler✨ (in a Grainline Studio Archer)
HELLLOOOOOOOOOOO FRIENDS. Guess what, Vancouver has SUN! ONCE! MORE! I woke up extra early one morning (jk. I have to wake up extra early every morning now...more about that later) and tried to steal a bit of sunshine to photograph a shirt that has become one of my...
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Lounge Bra Life
CHAMON! CHAMONNNA! Y'ALL READY FOR DIS bun nun na I MADE A BRA (of the sport variety). WITHOUT A PATTERN (of the purchased variety). I! AM! A! MOTHER! FLIPPIN! FASHION! DESIGNER! All LOL jokes aside, I don't actually wear sports bras at all, because my idea of 'sport'...
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Refashioned: The Betty Boopinator
Oh haiiiiii bbs! So, Vancouver has basically been one gigantic rain cloud for the past few weeks. I would normally not be too concerned, except it makes indoor picture taking the ABSOLUTE WORST. Thus, I have not taken any new pictures of any of my makes. Yes, let's...
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Project #SewMyStyle: Megan Nielsen Virginia Leggings
FEAR ME, FOR I AM NOW: THE KWEEN OF COMFY. Oh hey there, here we are again for another installment of Project #SewMyStyle. Lets! Talk! About! Virginia Leggings! When I saw that this month was all about leggings, I definitely did have a moment of 'you mean, the things...
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True Bias Hudson Sweatpants
Allllllright fam. I have eaten no less that 2 (but no more that 5) cookies, had a short but delightful couch nap sitting beside an overwhelmingly farty dog, and now I am ALERT and READY to write this bad boy for all y'all. LOUNGE CITY. POPULATION: NATASHA My mornings...
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Project #SewMyStyle: Saunio Cardigan
Blog fam! It's the end of February already! How the heck did that happen? It's time for the second installment of my 12 part series 'Better Know A Garment': THE FIGHTIN' SECOND. This month brings you Named Clothing's Saunio Cardigan. First things first, did I spend...
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DISNEYLAND (In a Grainline Studio Archer)
I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOTHERLAND OF MAGIC! WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE! WHERE FICTION IS REALITY AND WHERE DRINKS COST $6.00 CANADIAN DOLLARS EACH. Guys, I went to Disneyland and I made a very themed shirt for it. My family and I had been planning a trip to Disneyland for...
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Project #SewMyStyle: Toaster Sweater 2
ohh haii bb's. Are you rruuuuueeedddddaayyy to READ A BLOGGGG?! numerous air horns adoring crowds cheering wildly record breaking link clicks ....guys, I think I may have gone a bit overboard on the home alone binge watching Netflix extravaganza which was this...
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Re-Fashioned: A Red Moment
Oh haiii bbs! Are you ready for a tale of late night online shopping disasters turned into magic turned into meeting CELEBRITIES?! Well, then buckle your butts, because I do ever have a story for you. Last year, my mother-in-law told me this crazy story about her...
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Project #SewMyStyle
Bech, you know I was into this the second you saw it around the blogisphere, right? If not, do you even know who I am even? Ok, let's back up! As I was strolling through my blog feed, Emily from Self Assembly Required posted about this thing that she was now a part...
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Colette Aster in Hotsprings
WHERE HAVE I BEEN, BB'S? I am like legit in typing these words for your eye holes right now: this week has been the actual laziest week of my existence thus far. K well, probably except for that week I had mono when I was in college (defs true story, defs not a punch...
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Vintage Vogue V8811
Oh hiii bbs! I feel like I have been off of the soch meeds for a few days, but a lot of cray cray stuff is going down in the ol' Natasha noggin! Like, have you guys treated your ears holes to the utter majesty that is Solange's new album? For real though, I actually...
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Fall-ing into Grainline Studio Basics
HAHAHAHA PUNS, GET IT? Guys, it is officially fall! It's getting crisp outside, the long summer nights are shortening up, leaves are falling and messing up my patio. But, best of all, the most perfect things are here again. Layers are back! Burnt Sienna is now...
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One Pocket: Three Shirts
This post can also be called: 'That time that I thought I could make 2 shirts in one evening', or 'Hey, do you remember that you do not know what you are doing?', or even 'Are you trying to make a blog post about 3 separate shirts for no reason?' Do you remember this...
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Colette Rue (and Pattern Release!)
Guys, Have you ever applied for a job where you * kind of * lied about how good you were, and then got hired, and then realized that you probably shouldn't have lied in the first place because now you are in the thick of it with no fucking idea what you have to do...
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Linen Pocket Tee
The internet is a beautiful place. It is where I go to find my Beyoncé dance moves, pictures of funny dogs, instagram videos of crazy bread cake recipes that are all in Japanese. Oh, and it is also where I go for sewing inspiration! During this Me Made May, I came...
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McCalls Open-Front Knit Jacket
After years of avoiding it, and countless 'maybe later' mumbles, I have finally returned to the stretch life. Knitch please, I made a jacket! First off, can we take a moment to look at DAT GRASS and DAT SKY? Sometimes nature, you are f-r-e-s-h as hell. Ok, back to me...
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