This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Category: Sewing
Mar 8, 2019
If you’ve never made the Style Arc Como then welcome to the Como Cardigan Sew Along! In Part 1, I’ll go over the pattern and discuss appropriate fabric options, tools needed, and how to cut the pattern. In Part 2, I’ll show you how I sewed mine together. Here’s the pattern description: …
Project #SewMyStyle2019 March Blogger Team & Patterns
Mar 1, 2019
We’re all caught up with the first two months of Project #SewMyStyle2019, so let’s talk about March! We’re featuring two cardigans this month, and our blogger team is going gangbusters on them. I’m thrilled to be part of that team, and joined by these amazing bloggers: Jess Zimmerman, Sierra Burrell, and Mac …
Inspired to Try Project #SewMyStyle2019?
Feb 26, 2019
We are two full months into Project #SewMyStyle2019 and it’s been so much fun! As we wrap up February, here’s a little recap of what’s happened thus far, and what we have coming up. Wait, what is Project #SewMyStyle2019? Project #SewMyStyle2019 is a Facebook and Instagram sewing challenge. Each month …
5 Lessons Learned from a Year of NOT Buying Clothes
Dec 21, 2018
The end of the year is always good for reflection on lessons learned. The resolutions we made last year are tallied and deemed successful or not. Did we do as well as expected? This time last year I made a pledge to go a full year without shopping for clothes. …
2018 Year in Review
Dec 18, 2018
The 2018 year in review is going to be different than 2017’s. Last year I had a review of only my wins. For 2018 I want to review the misses AND the wins. But instead of calling them “fails,” I’m going to think of them as “course corrections.” I was …
Accepting Yourself Naked
Oct 30, 2018
“Accepting yourself naked” is probably going to become an ongoing theme on this blog. Not here for nakedness but for giveaways instead? Check it out down below. (The giveaway has ended.) Do you like to see yourself naked? If you do, then all the props to you! I want to be …
How NOT to Become a Pattern Tester & a Giveaway!
Oct 23, 2018
Here for the giveaway? Check out the details below and don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter for a chance to win! The very first pattern test I participated in was for The Wearable Studio. Is it a coincidence that they are today’s giveaway sponsor? Nope! I learned a …
1-Year Blogiversary & Giveaway!
Oct 16, 2018
Yesterday I “rebirthed” Petite Font as a more inclusive maker blog. Today, we start having fun! It’s the One Year Blogiversary!! And that requires a party! To celebrate the maker AND the one year anniversary of this little blog, a few professional makers you may have heard of have generously …
The Very First Thing I Ever Made: Self-Drafted Striped Half-Circle Skirt
Sep 11, 2018
Do you like time travel? Well, today we’re going back in time to the very first garment I ever made. The time was June 2016, I had just gotten a cheap Brother machine and I was so excited to make myself a circle skirt. I had devoured hours of …
Fitting the Shorts, Part 1 – True Bias Lander Shorts
Jul 29, 2018
Today is #sewmystyle2018 reveal day for July and I had hoped to show you my awesome booty-fitting True Bias Lander shorts AND a pair of Blank Slate Forsythe that I planned to hack into shorts, but I can’t. Because I never got that far. Instead you get to see my work in …