Confession: I am super loving my summer of prints! My wardrobe is feeling much for Amanda-esque now and I wanted to complete the trifecta of print jumpsuit/top/dress for my next February sewing project. Enter two of my tried and trues: Kirsten Katz designed cotton and the Hinterland Dress. It’s basically Amanda catnip! This is my…
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Amanda vs Carolyn PJ Set
New year, new fancy PJs seems to be a recurring theme for me. At the end of 2018 I made a crazy lovely Liberty and linen nightwear set (still crushed I lost my sleep mask at a hostel in New Zealand!) and the start of a new decade required another fancy grown up set of…
Amanda vs Simplicity 8178 again
Hello from the 2020s! For some reason the start of this decade feels far more exciting that the 2010s did–maybe that is because I am imagining a world of bootlegged gin and cool bob haircuts? But, I digress! I am excited to kick my blog off again because it serves as a great journal of…
Amanda vs Suzon Blouse
Happy Autumn Equinox, everyone! I hope you are having a rad time enjoying the change of the seasons. This lady is in her PJs on the couch with warm tea and cold and flu tablets. Boo! But on the plus side, I get some time to share with you my new top. It’s got polka…
