Brooklyn's in bloom

I was running errands around Brooklyn the other day and I kept seeing these flowers everywhere.











Pretty dope, huh?

e.

 

i've been gone, but i've been busy

so i haven't posted at all last month (super weak i know) but that doesn't mean i haven't been crafting.  i finished my class at the sew studio (i love that place).

i finished my pouch.

i finished my skirt.

i made myself a wallet (using this tutorial).

i made some other bags too for fun.

i made a pillow case a little too large for my pillow (using this tutorial).

i realized that my sewing machine is actually in fact broken and it's not that i fiddled with the tension too much. so tomorrow i'm taking to city sewing.  G picked up hers from there yesterday and shenanigans ensued, but the machine was fixed and for a very reasonable price. hopefully they can fix mine before next weekend. i already miss sewing.

e.

 

i love frank ocean

i know i'm a few weeks late, but this frank ocean album is incredible.

my favorite song: american wedding.



do you have it too? what's your favorite song?

e.

all of the lights

I was so excited when I heard Kanye made a video for all the of the lights, but I must say I'm very meh on the actual video.



The song itself has about 11 different (big) artists on it and the video only feature Rihanna and Kid Cudi.  I mean, i love them both, but they are hardly the whole song. And the video itself, I mean, it's ok but I was expecting Kanye to go bigger.

Welp, still love the song.

e.

i made a bag!

whoot whoot! In sewing class last week we made a drawstring bag.





Isn't it pretty?  It's kinda small, would fit my chucks. But it's way too pretty to just hold shoes. I'll figure out something else cool to put in there.

This week in sewing class we're making a zippered pouch. I can't wait.

peace,
e.

adventures in fabric shopping

Our homework assignment for sewing class was to buy fabric for a skirt, a drawstring bag and a small zippered pouch.  In our manual, they listed 4 fabric shops, which was a godsent since there are approximately a zillion fabric stores in the city.

My friend, G, agreed to join me on this adventure for moral support - also because she likes crafting as much as I do.  We decided to start at PS Fabrics but were met with this:

#weak

Luckily for us, there another fabric store next door, so we started our adventure there.

i love the sewing studio

So today I had my first class at The Sewing Studio and I loved it.  This week I got my ass handed to me academically, so I was feeling pretty down, but then I went to class and everything was rosy again.

The space is soo cute.  Today we learned about the machine, notions and three different seams.  My classmates all seem dope and my instrutor was the best. I want to be friends with her in real life (I know, I need to calm down).

Their site is pretty amazing too.  They have a Style Lab where they post videos of easy to do projects and they even have a magazine.

So thanks Celeste and the Sewing Studio.

xoxo,
e.

*image via Gertie's blog