sewn: the boos brothers

if there's one thing that almost all thrift shops runneth over with, it's weird, giant t-shirts. while i'm super into the weird part, the giant aspect isn't very appealing. solution: PUT A PEPLUM ON IT. i used this tutorial from boat people vintage to makeover a big, ghostly t, and ta-da! this particular t-shirt was only slightly huge, and so my peplum turned out to be sort of a mini peplum since the amount of leftover fabric from the bottom wasn't too great. if you want a longer peplum, make sure your shirt is xxxtra large, or even use a different fabric for the peplum portion!

mr. big stuff

and then!

sewn: a tiny corset

a couple of months ago my super darling, incredibly sassy 6 year old niece, casey, requested a corset for christmas. an unusual piece for a little girl, perhaps, but casey is a very avant-garde first grader. i was determined to grant her wish, with only one thing standing in my way: the lack of corset patterns for itty bittys.... luckily, one of my very best friends, ricky lindsay, is an incredibly talented dressmaker. i got casey's measurements and ricky gave me a lesson in basic pattern making, (i'm going to need several more before i can make a pattern without his help) and together the tiny corset came! 

in with the new

after a brief bloggin' hiatus, it's time to get back at it... and back at it with an entirely new blog, at that! a while back i started to get bored with the content of my old site, and began feeling the urge to do something different. within the past year, i've changed enormously. i guess it makes sense, then, that the things i want to blog about have changed too. don't get me wrong, i'm still a thrift shop foraging, vintage fiending gal who is compelled to share her personal style with the internet. it's just that there are other things that i have always loved, along with some new interests and obsessions, that are starting to draw me in and become focal points. naturally, i want to share the things that i'm cooking, sewing, reading, arranging... you name it, along with what i'm wearing; and i felt that i needed a brand new place to start. it's only fitting that my first post on this here new blog combines personal style with a skill that i began developing a little while back and continue to love more each day: sewing. you're looking at my very first handmade dress! i used  a vintage inspired simplicity pattern and vintage fabric that i found at the flea market. say hello to my new dress and to my new blog!