Waxed Canvas Serpentine Hat

In preparation for a few upcoming beach trips, I made myself a sunhat!

Elbe Textiles Townsend Shirt

 I've been meaning to make another Elbe Textiles Townsend shirt since testing the pattern last year...

Elbe Textiles Townsend Shirt

 Loving this new pattern from Elbe Textiles!

Tim's Two Piece Setacular

Tim had a boys trip to the beach last month, so I made him a ridiculous two-piece set for beach bumming, and then made him take photos of it in the snow. 

Waxed Canvas Akerfeldt Coat

This was a entertaining, but labor intensive project! For Tim's birthday (albeit finished a little bit late), I sewed him this fun and hopefully functional water-repellant hooded coat.

Batik Sanders Shirt

 Another shirt for Tim!

Elbe Textiles Homme Wrap Dress

 One more summer dress before summer ends...

Chambray Sanders Buttonup

Why did I wait so long to sew up this pattern?!

Staley Top, AKA The Rooster

 Am I alone in that I can literally hear one word and end up with a song in my head for a week?

Trigg Shorts for Tim

After our initial success with the Trigg Shorts pattern, I made Tim a couple more pairs for sleeping and lounging:

Fish Print Elbe Trigg Shorts

Definitely some wishful summer sewing going on here... we're not even close to shorts weather here yet, although it did feel quite warm this past Sunday!

Floral Lawley Skirt

My second gathered, elastic waist skirt post of the week... first the Melinda Midi, now this one:

This is the Elbe Textiles Lawley skirt.

The Lawley skirt is a free pattern for a "gathered, knee length skirt featuring an elasticated waistband with a drawstring and side pockets with a bias strip edging finish." It's made for medium weight fabrics with a nice drape.

The Lawley has a wide size range. Size A-M range up to 48" waist and 58" hip, although this style would likely accommodate larger sizes than that... I cut a size G, which corresponded with my measurements.

The fabric I used is a poly crepe floral I bought from Hart's Fabric when I was driving through Santa Cruz last winter. I don't typically buy much 100% polyester, but I loved the rich, deep orange color and the pops of gold and teal!

The Lawley has a waistband that is separate from the skirt pieces. I was interested to see how the Lawley is constructed: rather than having the skirt gathered entirely by the waist elastic, the wide skirt pieces are gathered onto the narrower waistband, and then the waistband is pulled in/gathered even more by the elastic.

The wide elastic is topstitched down so it doesn't roll, and there is an option for a drawstring. My drawstring is made from self-fabric, cut from the scraps.

Like the Melinda Midi, the Lawley skirt is super swishy:

I really love my Lawley! I was expecting to have a clear favorite between the Melinda Midi and the Lawley, but they're both pretty great. I mean, you can't go wrong with an elastic waist skirt as far as comfort and classic style go...

Like my Melinda, I took photos of my Lawley paired with a t-shirt and sandals, but I think it will be fabulous with tights, boots and a sweater in the fall and winter!

Tencel Linen Maynard Dress

Just in time for Earth Day, I've made my first zero-waste dress: the Elbe Textiles Maynard dress!