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In the second of my series of re-reviews after having participated in the Bee on a Wire class earlier this year, I’m going to be taking a look at another of the early patterns I tried – the Pin-up Girls Freja! Before we get too far into the review I did want to post a … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Freja Bra Pattern Review Update
I participated in the Bee on a Wire class in The Hive at the start of the year. It was a month long class to help participants identify a good starting pattern and having expert bra fitters walk us through making alterations to get to a perfectly fitting bra. Although I’ve been applying a lot … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Ruby Bra Pattern Review Update
This month has been super busy. It started with a lot of sewing and then turned into a lot of everything I had been ignoring while I was sewing, which has since turned into a backlog of projects to post to the blog. This is going to be a short post because I haven’t even … More Monthly Sewing Review – 2025 February Wrap Up
I fell down the Kibbe style rabbit hole a few years ago when his Metamorphosis book from the 1980s was starting to make a resurgence amongst the internet style and fashion gurus. Of course, once the out of print book started hitting internet levels of fame, it was going for crazy bananas pricing on the … More Book Review: David Kibbe’s Power of Style
Over the holidays I was quite busy and didn’t have a lot of time to sew, but I was still being very inspired by some of the monthly challenges in The Hive. There were a few fun challenges like a Christmas/Holiday themed bra and a Party themed bra, and I sort of ended up combining … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: White Christmas Josey
This month has been a lot, so I’m just going to do a quick recap on sewing progress and updates for future reference. Sewing Progress I started working on a few projects this month but didn’t quite finish yet because of travel and starting the Bee on a Wire class in the hive. I did … More Monthly Sewing Review – 2025 January Wrap Up
This is going to be a long post, so it’s time to grab tea and cookies and settle in for some rabbit hole deep dives and way too much thinking about my theoretical wardrobe and the sewing plans I don’t have time to execute. This post has spent two years in drafts as I’ve gathered … More Further Contemplation on Style Systems: Kitchener Essences
I had previously made the AFI Atelier Maya bra because of an unplanned challenge in The Hive last year. I hadn’t expected it to go well, but the Maya ended up being my favorite thing I made last year! I knew I wanted to make the pattern again and tweak it a little bit to … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Winter Berry Maya
I was re-reading some older blog posts from Michelle’s Creations because I feel like there is a lot of similarity in our fitting journeys. In one of these older posts she discusses how helpful Demystifying Bra Fit and Construction is in terms of getting a good bridge fit. I did experiments on fitting the bridge … More Book Review: Demystifying Bra Fit and Construction
After making my LilyPAD Marei strapless bra, I realized I’d been using much too large of a size in my other LilyPAD patterns. I wear my current Mysa Bralettes a lot, so I thought it would be good for me to try this pattern again and see if sizing down resulted in a better or … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Mysa Bralette, Again
Doctor T Designs 