Dreaming Florals: Past, Present & Future

floral silk dress woman

Pub­lished 2/12/2014 I admit I am slight­ly obsessed with flo­ral prints. This may seem strange, since I rarely wear prints or colors. If you were to peek into my clos­et, you’d find neu­tral cloth­ing with small splash­es of col­or­ful flo­ral print­ed gar­ments! You might think­ing to your­self, “How come she wears col­or­ful flo­ral prints and not wear oth­er prints or sol­id col­ors?” Well, I think it’s because of my Ukrain­ian mother! I...

Bridesmaid Dress Progress: Excitement and Discontent

how to sew your own bridesmaid dress

Post­ed Sep­tem­ber 9, 2013 Part of the Katie’s DIY Wed­ding Series Floral Bridesmaid Dress Pat­terns: McCal­l’s 6518, Sim­plic­i­ty 1606 Nee­dles Bro­ken through this project: 1 I could­n’t wait to  get start­ed on this project!  Every week that I saw the fab­ric lay­ing next to the oth­er fab­rics, I itched to get start­ed pat­tern­ing, cut­ting and sewing! I loved the col­ors with all the oth­er fab­rics, jew­el­ry, shoes, and threads!  Below we...