Beach luxury
I am sitting in the sand in wide leg sandwashed silk pants and a classic striped french tee. This mix of luxury and casual is lush. I feel beautiful. I’m never sure if I look beautiful – my eyes are…
paradise
I'm Ann. I've been sewing since I was 9. My first project was a denim wrap skirt. Thrifting is a way of life for me - both eco-chic and financially savvy.
Wadybugs!
And other toddlerisms. This week, he’s fascinated by the book Ten Little Ladybugs which has plastic ladybugs on the pages, and the bug toys at the park today, so everything is ‘wadybugs!’ whenever he sees a bug. When he sees…
Jalie 3132
Jalie 3132, a photo by annsiegle on Flickr. Spartan Nursing Hoodie! This was the most fun of the three I’ve made so far. I cut up a 20+ year old MSU tee shirt, and creatively used a green/white matchup harlequin…
Jalie 3132 short sleeve
Jalie 3132 short sleeve, a photo by annsiegle on Flickr. Another one of those wonderful nursing Hoodies! This time with cap sleeves, shirt length. This fabric was the wrong choice for the tee though – a very shimmery, gorgeous modal/lycra…
Wrap baby carrier
Wrap baby carrier, a photo by annsiegle on Flickr. All snuggled up! Some baby is gonna love this!
Hi, I’m Ann and I love to make baby carriers
Specifically ring slings and wrap carriers. But I like to make them for (mostly) babies I don’t know. Babies who will get these in charity fundraising baskets. Babies who are not yet born, who don’t yet know that they’ll be…
Eco Chic
I’ve decided the place I live in is eco chic. I’m crunchy in that I cloth diaper, I own a myriad of baby sling carriers (two in silk duppioni), I have large urban raised bed gardens in my yard, I…
Pita project o the week
So, I am working on this vintage dress I picked up at the PatternReview PRWeekend a year ago. It is very on trend again and fun. But of course I had this brilliant idea that I would alter it for…
T-shirt Maxi Dress – including nursing maxi dress instructions
Trudy from HotPatterns produced this great YouTube tutorial on how to lengthen a t-shirt pattern to a dress. But it’s not as simple as just extending the side seam down, as you’ll see in the video. If you want to…
What is the euro fascination with caftans?
Not a summer BurdaStyle issue goes by without a caftan. I got back stacks of old issues (I can’t get rid of them, I just can’t – all those great patterns! Possibilities!) from sewing friends, and lo, another two more…