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Kelly Coles

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I sew my own clothes and keep a visual diary of my projects.

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a friend asked me to make her a custom tj’s bag and I said bet 👌 this tote is headed off to boston today 💌 Flat felled seam tutorial is here!! With just a teeny tiny bit of self drafting you can add this super fun detail to your pants. Jumping on the 2016 nostalgia train!! And talking about clothing, of course. 😉 My last two makes of 2025: corduroy lane pants and denim ruby vest. 💫 I didn’t even realize until I put them on together that they were both @hisydgraham patterns, but duh her patterns are the best! What a year of making and styling!! 💖 I’ve always always always loved fashion, but this year in particular has made me feel most like myself—I have the knowledge and skill to make what I want to wear and fit it to my body. And what a difference that has made for my confidence and joy! I love exercising my creativity through sewing, knitting, and style and can’t wait to see my skills keep growing in 2026! New skirt hot off the machine! 🫶 Also it finally looks like fall in Austin—never mind that it’s mid-December. I hosted my first ever sewing workshop this weekend! Was so sweet teaching my friends to sew. 💕 finished my vest just in time for the weather to dip 🫶 A perfect holiday scrap buster!! 🎄🎁✂️ I’ve been blowing through the tiniest scraps in my stash making these trees, and it feels so good to keep scraps out of the landfill AND make beautiful things.

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