Isabel’s Floral Coat for Easter and First Communion

girls floral spring coat

This chil­dren’s flo­ral jack­et was made for one of my First Holy Com­mu­nion cus­tomers.  (I’ll post pho­tos of her dress and veil lat­er this week!) I absolute­ly love how this jack­et turned out! I made a sim­i­lar jack­et for myself (see the jack­et here) last spring. At first I was wor­ried that the flo­ral print would be too large for a chil­dren’s jack­et, but I was wrong! I love this flo­ral print...

Burdastyle Charcoal Wool and Navy Leather Winter Coat

Charcoal Wool and navy leather 1 2011 126 Burdastyle sewing pattern winter coat

 Last Octo­ber, I made a navy cash­mere and leather coat for one of my dear­est friends. I would not call it a suc­cess. Since this first coat did not turn out as I had hoped, I sim­ply had to design a new ver­sion of the win­ter coat! The new coat was first going to be an orig­i­nal and mod­ern twist on a par­tic­u­lar vin­tage style. (I’m being vague in my descrip­tion because...

The (Unsuccessful) Navy Leather & Cashmere Notre Dame Inspired Winter Coat for “Croc”

Navy Cashmere leather long collared winter coat anagrassia quilted lining

Thank you Tess & Gigi for taking these photos on our walk last week. Photography by Anastassia I always knew “Croc” would remain one of my best friends after col­lege. She used to share her crois­sant ends with me at Star­bucks dur­ing our fresh­man year at Notre Dame. Yes, you heard me right — “crois­sant ends.” Almost every Tues­day and Thurs­day before our His­to­ry class togeth­er, we used to grab Star­bucks cof­fee...