Alabama chanin

I caught Bella in her newest jersey dress. This is the Alabama Chanin six-gore favorite, tweaked for Bella's preferred fit (custom bust ...

This is the simple six-gore tank dress from Alabama Studio Style . Made up in Alabama Chanin cotton jersey in a single layer. The ...

I made my first Alabama Chanin top four years ago and slowly but steadily I have been adding to my handmade collection. This time I made a m...

This post is a part two in a series, see the first post here . Where I left off last time was right after painting my fabric pieces with the Magdalena stencil, and then testing out the couching embroidery technique on swatch. Since then, I’ve spent about a year embroidering this fabric. This was my

I made my first Alabama Chanin top four years ago and slowly but steadily I have been adding to my handmade collection. This time I made a matching top and skirt. I already blogged extensively about the process involved here and it includes some helpful info on materials used for the stencil and the sewing. For this post, I am highlighting the finished outfit with some pertinent details included. Here is a flatlay of the outfit. Front of the Top & Skirt Back of the Top & Skirt For this…

Y'all, I have fallen down a rabbit hole of stitchery. Last year, I posted about my wedding dress, which prompted tales of your own handmad...

Wow, a whole week since I posted! Over the course of that week, I spent the majority of my free time - about 15 hours altogether - and yesterday completed my Alabama Scout! I know there are a few of you who were interested in the construction of a garment like this, so I was good and remembered to take photos while I was sewing the top together. A LOT of photos! A few of these have been shared on Instagram over the last couple days, but most are new. Each day this week, I spent approximately…

Whenever I think of Alabama stitching my heart skips a bit. The reverse applique technique could not make clothes more beautiful and unique. The process of stitching is long and hard but certainly worth it! The sustainable style in the title implies that recycled cotton jersey is used, although I bought some more jersey to try this. To be honest I've been preparing to do this since last spring, so I may be lucky this one?! The genius behind Alabama stitching is Natalie Chanin, a former…

. For this project, you'll need two t-shirts. I chose grey and green. They can have holes in them...we can work around that! (See my ...