We are two crafty ladies working on DIYing our way through life. We hope that you enjoy this journey along with us sewing, crafting, et cetera!

Jenn

Jenn is a textile industry professional with a lifelong love of sewing and crafting. With her sewing, Jenn focuses on both contemporary and historical pieces. She also enjoys sewing both home decor and embroidery. If it moves, Jenn want to put glitter on it. And she's never met a sewing pattern she didn't want to fiddle with!

Unexpected favorite part of this #knotfronttee is the sleeves! Short rows are used to build out the sleeve caps before starting to work the length of the sleeve and I found the working of the short rows a fun pattern to follow as well as delighted in

I wanted to share a few more details from my wedding! First, a random mid-turn shot which perfectly shows off the side of my dress and some of the movement of the skirt, which is flatlined with stiff net for structure. Next, the beautiful earrings @m

Good morning from this hole I found on the beach. I will be here for the rest of the week or until I run out of yarn. Ergonomics are important always and this hole supports my neck nicely while knitting this #knotfronttee as I am very behind on the #

It's my first hand knit garment! While I've patterned and knit a ton of different items on industrial knitting machines, I've never finished something knit by my two hands and such a small number of needles. There are a few things I've really had to

This was our #covidwedding . 20 people instead of 150, backyard instead of venue, catered by our parents. When we cancelled the big wedding I couldn't bring myself to finish my gown so I went back to my wearable mockup, fixed the parts of it I didn't

Ode to my craft room, which has been cleaned to the point of near unuse for the purpose of real estate photos (you can't see the stuff hidden behind the table). Note the creative rolls of fabric placed to hide the worst of the moisture stained founda

I got a surprising amount of sewing done this weekend, prompting me to ask "who even am I?" (Return of old Jenn?). I ironed 7 yards of fabric, made multiple mockups and pattern adjustments for a new dress (including fitting sleeves which is

I've been having some fun embroidering (*just the outer layer of) some masks for some plant-loving friends! The #lowpolyfacemask (free on my blog!) gives a nice smooth surface for a small bit of embroidery. The monstera leaf is for @msrebeccamakes an

Free pattern alert! @msrebeccamakes designed this pattern for a super easy to make folded style of face mask (and I helped by writing the instructions 😉) the pattern is available for free on our blog, msmakes.com. This pattern has 3 styles of attach

Starting to add the beads to my re- imagined pandemic wedding dress. I bought all of these at the local bead store @chevronbeadco , are all "fire polished" or AB (aurora borealis) glass and the big ones are vintage. Having fun sewing them o

Working on a @closetcorepatterns #cielotop mashup for my sister and narrowed the neckline to fit her narrow shoulders. That meant I needed to allow for her head to get through the neckline and I had planned to use a zip, but forgot to cut the back pi

I made a wool coat in the middle of summer and meanwhile, I haven't done much summer sewing. Finding the motivation to spend time on it has been hard, thankful for friends like @minimaedelcreates who can encourage me by setting things like a deadline

Rebecca

Rebecca is an apparel industry expert who has spent years learning about designing and manufacturing ready-to-wear apparel. Her passion is creating functional and well fitting clothing with high end techniques. Rebecca also enjoys cross stitching and hand embroidery.

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We are two crafty ladies working on DIYing our way through life. We hope that you enjoy this journey along with us sewing, crafting, et cetera!

Jenn

Rebecca