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Taking Time to Finish

This is a little somethin’ somethin’ I’ve been sewing on the side of many other projects lately. I’m sort of a classic finisher-type. I like having a checklist, checking off. I like the satisfaction of pulling off and crumpling sticky notes when a task is done. And this blouse, along with its counterpart skirt which …

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The White Shirt, Finished

I should’ve guessed that the thing that would come between me and a white garment would be coffee. Not one, not two, but three coffee spills today. (If there’s a leak in a coffee cup, it’ll find me.)

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The White Shirt

{Proenza Schouler white shirt, via La Garconne} When I started making a list of classic fashion pieces to sew, I had mostly coats and blazers at the top of the list. A trench was at the very top, and I even looked into various trench patterns in hopes of trying it out. But then I …

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