This Cris Wood Sews Envelope Dress (zero waste pattern!) didn’t fit very well at 35 weeks pregnant, but it’s perfect now — nursing zipper and all! I used a 14″ zipper, but it definitely didn’t need to be that long for the front center seam (10″ would probably work fine). I just sewed the zipper … [Read more…]
I decided I needed a nursing friendly house dress at around 7 months pregnant. I still had plenty of my favorite knit fabric left over from the LA fabric district and black 12″ invisible zippers, so I got right to it! This is the Santa Fe Top by Hey June lengthened to be a dress … [Read more…]
This is the Mira Dress by Fibre Mood, and I love it! I even loved it so much that I made another one that you can see down below. I bought the pattern when Fibre Mood wasn’t including seam allowances, and I thought my brains were going to explode, but thankfully Fibre Mood has added … [Read more…]
I have had the Fringe Dress cut out since last September, and it has just been nagging at me for months to just finish sewing it all together! It did turn into winter after I got it all cut out, so I wouldn’t have been able to wear it very much anyways, but I’m so … [Read more…]
This pretty lady is my sister, Nicole. Her sweet new baby is Tychus, and I was so lucky to be able to go and see them two weeks after she had him. I had so much fun taking these photos of her and a few more of her cute little family + newborn pictures of … [Read more…]
I’ve been wanting to make a zipper-front shirt or dress since I saw Merrick’s lemon dress from last summer. I loved the zipper detail and that it was nursing friendly. I have also been loving all of the loose fitting peplums lately and really wanted to make one. I debated between the Lou Box Top and the … [Read more…]