Colette and Cocktails @ Grey’s Fabrics!

Colette Patterns’ Sarai Mitnick is coming to Boston on April 6! Join her at Grey’s Fabric and Notions for cocktails and shopping fun – 15% off all merchandise or 20% if you’re wearing a Colette creation.  I’m frantically hurrying to finish a Jasmine top and perfecting the fit of my…

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Sister Style: Stripey Renfrew

My sister just finished her Renfrew top and it’s just like mine!  We both bought the same fabric at Metro Textile in NYC when I visited her in January and made the same top from the same pattern, how funny is that?  She calls it our “crafty genes.”  Maybe the…

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Fabric Shopping in Boston: Grey’s Fabric and Notions

This past weekend was the NYC sewing blogger meetup with Lauren of Lladybird and sadly, I couldn’t make it because of obligations at work.  But that didn’t stop me from doing some shopping at home!  Ana of Toil and Trouble and I hit the city in search of fabric and patterns and stopped at Grey’s…

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Faux Missoni Dress

Pattern: combo of Renfrew by Sewaholic and Vogue 8138 (OOP) Fabric: sweater knit from Fabric Place Basement Leggings: DKNY Boots: Franco Sarto I don’t own anything designer.  Probably the closest designer items I own are a Michael Michael Kors blazer and a Marc by Marc Jacobs iPhone cover.  I love…

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Finished Project: Stripey Renfrew Sweater

Pattern: Renfrew by Sewaholic Patterns Fabric: Sweatery jersey from Metro Textiles in NYC Size: 4 graded to a 6 from waist to hips Skirt: Tommy Hilfiger Leggings: DKNY Yup, another Renfrew!  I can’t get enough of this pattern, I wear my two Renfrews all of the time when I’m out…

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