Me Made May Pledge 2016!

Well here it is the 1st of May! My goodness how quickly the year is flying by. I just finished my finals for Spring semester last week, so I'm officially free from school until May 16th... when Summer semester starts. So for the next two weeks, I'm going to sew my heart out, because I can. :)

I made a pledge to the lovely Zoe of "So, Zo What Do You Know" for Me-Made-May this year.

I, Kacy, of misskacysews.com and @misskacysews, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '16. I endeavor to wear at least 3 me-made garments each week for the duration of May 2016! 

Last year I pledged 2 garments per week, so I wanted to step it up a bit this year, but not go overboard, as the past two semesters in school have been tough on my sewing time.

Today is my first full day off, the kids are with their dad and I intend to not do anything but sit in front of my sewing machine! So I'll be in my yoga pants all day! I didn't make them though, so nothing to share yet. I'll do my best to update on #MMM16 at least once a week! That is my pledge to you!

I will end this post by sharing a few of my photographs taken for my Digital Media Design work this semester! Have a great Sunday my friends! All images copyrighted, please don't steal them!!

Until next time.

Completely Out of Touch!

Wow, so this year is flying by already and I'm falling so far behind on everything it seems. I am, as you may know if you follow me, a full time graphic design student. I am currently finishing up my first year (3 weeks left), and I am also a full time single mom to two crazy monsters that are 2 and 5. That said, I'm finding it extremely difficult to keep up with this blog. 

I have all of these huge plans, but I'm batting zero on the execution. I have done some sewing planning and have also made a #vintagepledge of 7 garments this year. I've yet to sew a single one. I did start on a skirt this weekend, but I have no photos of it's progress yet. That said, here's a bit of the planning I've done so far.

Butterick B5748 - I received this amazing cloud animal fabric from an online swap group that I'm a member of. I just died when I saw it and I knew it had to become this dress!!

Simplicity Vintage Reprint 1194 - This floral print also came from my swap group and it's lovely and screams Spring!

Vogue V1044 - Planning to use this pink rosebud floral that I think will look amazing for this lovely dress with such amazing pintuck details on the front bodice.

Simplicity Vintage Reprint 1459 - This pink gingham will be used to make this dress, this year, if it kills me!

Simplicity 1419 - This Lisette pattern is not vintage, but it has so many lovely vintage details.

Butterick B5880 - This fabric has been in my stash for over a year now and it needs to become something sarong-like. I need a Tiki dress! That being said, originally I was all set to sew it up in this Butterick pattern. Then this image popped up this weekend. 

This new Gertie pattern, is exactly what I need considering it's all separates!! What??? Sign me up! I need this pattern in my life.

Simplicity 8051 - I've been hoarding this argyle print for over a year, and several times it's shown up on my Instagram with different patterns... I still don't know if this is THE pattern for this fabric, but you know what they say about the best laid plans.

All five of these will become circle skirts for this year. I love the middle print, it's really cute and covered in straight pins and different images of fabric types. It screams sewist to me.

That's the "dress" plans for this year. You'll probably see most of these as my #vintagepledge makes for this year. Now, I just need to get this semester over with and find time to sew! Hopefully I'll actually have something to show you in my next post! <3

Until next time!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Just popping in to leave a quick update. Today is my birthday! We aren't going to talk about which one I'm celebrating... because that's unladylike! Of course!!

That's exciting, but even more exciting, my five year old baby boy started school today! So bittersweet! I am also excited about starting school next week. I'm going back to college and I'm going to make it count this time. 

I've been sewing a lot of projects in preparation for school. I've got lots to share with you. Problem is, I've got no pictures yet. :( Sadly, in my mad rush to get everything ready for the start of the school year, I've had no time to set up any photos. So hopefully I can get that done this weekend for you all! I've got some great stuff to show you.

 If you follow me on Instagram (click the link on my page) you've been seeing it as it's coming off the machine. If you don't follow me on Instagram, do it!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day. Good luck to all the mommy's out there with kiddos going back to school! 

Until next time!