I am Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons. October 2017 was the first…

A very short post today!   After I made my first Lodo dress, I just couldn’t stop! I needed at least two more….. Here is one made of heavy weight knit from Stylemaker Fabrics. I love that this one is so easy to wear with so many colors. I can pair it with nude, brown,…

This post originally appeared on the Cali Fabrics blog. Fabric for the dress below was provided by Cali Fabrics.    Despite loving the style of sheath dresses, I tend to wear them only on business formal days because they’re so uncomfortable. Enter the Lodo dress – comfortable enough to wear any time of the day or night.…

A version of this post originally appeared on the Cali Fabrics blog. The fabrics were provided by Cali Fabrics.  I wrote last week about my new favorite #tnt pattern, Simplicity 2444. This led me to think about tried and true patterns vs new patterns. In my mind, there are two types of sewists – those…

I fell in love with a new pattern – Simplicity 2444! It is a great basic bodice/full skirt pattern. It was part of the Project Runway collaboration so there are several variations so you can “design” your own dress. I always find those variations funny because most of them are things that anyone could do…