Summer's Style Studio

  I seriously cleaned out my closet recently and am now in the process of quickly restocking.  I'm in a pants phase and have already sewn enough wide legged and straight legged pants. With that done, I'm concentrating on sewing tops in styles that I really like.  I created a style board so I wouldn't waste time deciding on what to sew. It's working because I have been going from one projects straight into the next. I might even finish the board before the end of the month. Fingers crossed, anyway. Here are the 3 tops I've finished so far: 10/10/2024, Simplicity 3684. I drafted and added the ruffles:     10/13/24 - my buffalo plaid top for this year is not the standard loose fitting button down or barn jacket design. Because I used a knit, I decided to make a surplice top. I used OOP Butterick 3344, a TNT for me, and added the flared ruffle from New Look 6560:           On 10/14/24, I finished Vogue 2980, a Sandra Betzina design. I shorte...

Hi! My name is Summer. And I'm going to be keeping track of my sewing projects here. Welcome! For the past few years, I went about my life without sewing. I am an average size petite, so buying clothes was not a problem. I bought a lot of Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, Forever 21, Donna Karan, and a few other brands. I was happy enough with my wardrobe, until late last year, when I started thinking about making my own clothes again. It seems that my style and colors come in waves in RTW. There are some seasons when I see a lot of what I want, but there are more seasons when there's nothing that I want in the stores, at all. I clean out my wardrobe regularly. That, paired with not seeing anything I wanted to buy in the stores, meant that my wardrobe was shrinking fast! I kept hoping I'd see things I wanted, but it wasn't happening, so I finally decided to just jump in and start sewing again. As my very first sewing project back...