Tag - sewing challenge

My take on this year's Day and Night challenge hosted by Elizabeth Made This. My goal was to recreate the "turnabout" bolero from the 1950's.

The 2019 Day & Night Challenge Staring Akram

8 months ago

The sad tale of my many sewing fails that ultimately lead to this year's holiday dress made for #TheLittleRedDressProject challenge.

Red Dress 2018

10 months ago

What is cake without frosting? Sharing my little gold dress I made for the #sewfrosting sewing challenge.

Sew Frosting in Gold

11 months ago

The big reveal of my #CozyCardiChallenge project and it's no suprise I made the #PumpkinCardi from Coco Wawa Crafts. See how I hacked this pattern to make a extra ruffly cropped version.

Cozy Cardi Challenge Pumpkin Cardi Reveal

12 months ago

One Orla dress in my wardrobe wasn't enough so I whipped up another one this time in a vintage floral fabric.

A Vintage Floral Orla Dress

October 8, 2018

Sharing my sew-along Mini-Series of the Orla Dress by French Navy Patterns, as part of the #sewtemeber2018 challenge.

Orla Sew-along

September 8, 2018

Sharing my latest make, McCalls 6959 wrap dress for the #sewtogtherforsummer challenge, made in a lovely a sailboat print.

Sew Together For Summer Wrap Dress

June 20, 2018

Worked a little magic to finish my Handmade Summer Dress just in time. This red hearts dress is made from contrasting heart print cotton and using the bodice top from Simplicity 1419.

The Red Hearts – Handmade Summer Dress

May 21, 2018

Akram's Ideas: Day 2 Night Challenge

Day And Night Dress Challenge Reveal

February 24, 2018

A quick recap of all the participants makes for the Colors of the Flag 2017 challenge

Colors of the Flag Challenge Recap

July 16, 2017