little cotton dresses

I made a little storage for my sewing room.  By little I mean big.  By my sewing room I mean the office which I'm slowly taking over as a sewing room.  The process and before-and-a...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2012/03/ikea-dressers-shelves-for-officesewing.html

Happy New Year to all!  We've stuffed ourselves, drunk our hearts out, had fun and chatted with friends and family until everybody was blue in the face.  Now it's time to start making t...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-and-new-cutting-table.html

My blindingly yellow DIY jewelry display, as told here, and the sad state of my jewelry collection. Accessorizing is not one of my strength... I wear the same things over, and over, and over agai...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2011/09/of-jewelry-and-garish-display.html

A little pictorial algebra:   + =   = Well, with a few steps in between, of course.  See it all here.

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2011/08/lch-dresser-table-top-kitchen-island.html

By kitchen I meant just the cabinet, and by makeover I meant just painting a color that's really different from the previous one, and slapping on some new hardware.  Voila!  I have disc...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2011/07/lch-kitchen-makeover.html

Before: After! Times two! Go here for more details

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2011/07/lch-ottoman-makeover.html

My first woodworking DIY - check it out here

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2011/07/lch-rolling-stand-for-gigantic-printer.html

No. 1, the top of the list of Things I Know Now That I Didn't Before is not to start a second blog when you can't even keep up with the first one.  Epic fail.  I'm closing it down. ...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-i-know-now-that-i-didnt-know.html

Dear readers, I'm starting a new blog to document my experience / thoughts / ramblings on fixing up my house. Go to Little Corner House and check it out if you're interested. Thanks!

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-blog-on-house.html

The 9.5 months of waiting is over, and the work begins.  Sleep no longer matters.  Eight hours a night?  Bah!  Five-to-six is now enough for me, thankyouverymuch.  Neverm...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/07/beginning-of-new-life.html

Continuing with my stash-busting mission.... This is a magenta / fuchsia / deep dark pink (Robert Kaufman calls it "berry" - whatever) silk-cotton blend.  Because of the limited yardage (onl...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/07/accidental-bridesmaid-dress.html

The Streamer Frock Grosgrain Giveaway This is one of the rare cases where there's rickrack on a garment and it doesn't look crafty.

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/06/streamer-frock-grosgrain-giveaway.html

From Yves Saint Laurent 2011 Resort collection (Picture taken from Project Rungay) Model, if you could just smile a bit, please. 

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/06/now-collecting-donation-to-buy-this.html

About 2 weeks ago, I subconsciously started a stash-busting mission. I've accumulated a substantial amount of fabric over the past few months years and haven't done much about it.  Mainly be...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/06/batik-skirt-and-scarf.html

I generally stay away from floral prints, because they can look dowdy on me.  Geometric prints are okay.  Florals, meh. Once in a while, though, I come across some very nice floral prin...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/05/balloon-skirt-refashion-tutorial.html

Well, it turned out rather well, despite fitting challenges. The "very-easy" rating is true to its claim.  With no buttons or zippers, and just a couple of side seams, maybe some darts and p...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/05/vogue-8646-almost-fail-dress.html

Seriously. I bought this pattern, Vogue 8646, during their latest $3.99 sale.  Isn't it a cute dress?  Perfect for summer, in white dotted swiss underlined with white cotton batiste.&nb...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/05/wth-is-wrong-with-vogue-patterns.html

Confession:  I, too, am a selfish seamstress (just like another seamstress who has famously self-professed so).  With the number of hours involved in choosing, tracing, cutting, pressin...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/05/hawaiian-fabric-galore.html

Hi all - thanks for your nice comments on my Burda chartreuse top; they definitely boosted my motivation to sew my next project. A few of you asked for pattern or tutorial.  I don't think my...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/04/pattern-for-burda-top.html

Haven't put up anything new lately, because there hasn't been anything new made.  Last week though, I decided to do something with the growing stack of fabrics, so I resorted to this quick &...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/04/im-not-dead-and-heres-new-one.html

This is Burda 11-2008-110 skirt, an 8-gored flared-hem trumpet-y number.     I used the wool suiting fabric from the stash and this nightmare of a lining, worked on it for three we...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/02/burda-skirt-11-2008-110.html

No, actually, I do not.  Despite evidence to the contrary. The following pictures are of the rayon Bemberg / Ambiance lining for my current project.  Not a friendly fabric, I tell you w...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/02/drunk-sew-much.html

My blog is featured as a favorite blog on We All Sew!  How cool is that?  Very, I think. We All Sew is central go-to for all things sewing, my favorite being growing list of links to fr...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/02/somebody-out-there-likes-me.html

BurdaStyle is having the Pink & Red challenge.  I thought about entering when it was first announced, but the 20-day notice is too short for me, since I sew only on the weekends.  T...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-pink-red.html

I lost my sewing mojo.  Looked everywhere... under the bed, in my closet, in the car, inside the coat pockets....  It's nowhere to be found, not even at the last place I looked (the ref...

http://littlecottondresses.blogspot.com/2010/01/oh-no-where-did-it-go.html