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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Halloween: Kimmy Schmidt!!

Hopefully you've seen the Halloween Sneak Peak I posted a couple weeks ago. 


Here's the final costume, with my partner-in-crime!!


I'm Kimmy Schmidt from the Netflix Original Series, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and my friend is another character, Xanthippe. 

Here's the inspiration for the costume: 





Not everyone recognized the costume, but it was a big hit among those who did!
-Taft WK 

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Blue and White Striped Dress

You all have seen this pattern plenty of times before. 


This fabric was picked up during at Fabric Outlet, but I don't think it was during a 40% off sale, which may come as a shock. I hope you were sitting down when you read that. 


I made this dress all in one night, and left the hems unfinished because I wanted to wear it the next day. I originally intended to finish the hems later, but I like the unfinished look for this casual dress.


Also, the dress shrunk in the wash and I don't want to risk hemming it. It might be just a little to short after that. 


The neckline also stretched in wash (I forgot to wash the fabric before cutting!! Auugghh!!), so it flips out sometimes, but I don't mind so much. Casual dress, and super comfy. I'm not too concerned about those little details. 


It's nice and loose too, making it a great piece to wear when San Francisco has hot days. (hahaha, that was a joke, what is weather?)



And the back neckline is finished with this nice pop of color!

An update about updating (that was lame, I know): I'm going to cut back to a post every other Wednesday until I have more of my college applications out of the way. Next up, you get to see my final Halloween costume!

See you in 2 weeks!
-Taft WK 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Halloween Sneak Peak


Halloween has long been underway at our house. Costumes are always a production and this year is no exception.  


So, here's a little sneak peak of my costume! Bonus points to whoever can guess what I'm going to be. 


First stop was the thrift store, where I found this yellow sweater. Then I went to the fabric store and discovered these BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES. LOOK AT HOW PRETTY THEY ARE. 

I also purchased the floral fabric (pictured above) and this pink fabric: 


The patterns I'm using for this project are the Colette Aster pattern (here it is, waiting to be taped together):


And Burda 114B (I cannot for the life of me figure out how to rotate this photo to be normal):


I found this pattern in the April 2013 BurdaStyle Magazine (yes, I hoard these magazines, please don't judge). 


So who can guess what my costume is? I'll give you a hint: Netflix. 
-Taft WK 

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Instagram Round Up: Berlin, Germany and Back to Switzerland, August 2015

After Barcelona, my family flew home and I went to Berlin to visit my friend for 5 days. #baguettesquad2k15 went #baguettesquadsolo. Then I flew back to Zurich to visit the family friends I had stayed with a couple weeks before.  




Home away from home. #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ museums + chocolate 🍫#baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Moritzplatz. #streetart #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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The Making of a Neon Letter #typography #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Papier πŸ“„πŸ“ƒπŸ“‘ #typography #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Buttons on buttons on #buttons #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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#Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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The East Side Gallery #eastsidegallery #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Thoughts are like traces of birds in heaven. #eastsidegallery #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Photoautomat πŸ“· #Berlin #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Theater Festival on Lake Zurich ⛵️ #switzerland #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Gardens on the hillside 🏑 #switzerland #baguettesquad2k15 #baguettesquadgoessolo

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Instagram Round Up: Barcelona, Spain August 2015

I'm back, I'm back with more! 

After 5 days in Switzerland, we flew from Geneva to Barcelona. In Barcelona, I found their Design museum, Museo del Disseny, and spent a wonderful day exploring the exhibits. 





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Next week is the last part of the Europe trip Instagram photos. Guess where I go next?
-Taft WK  

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Instagram Round Up: Switzerland, August 2015

You can catch up on the first part of this series here

And we'll continue with Switzerland! We took a train from Paris to Zurich to spend time with family friends, then took the train to Geneva.


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I had some fun with the Slo-mo and Timelapse settings on my phone during this trip. 

See you next week for Barcelona!
-Taft WK  

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Instagram Round Up: Paris, France August 2015

Hello again! Sorry for the hiatus. My stored-up posts ran out when school started up again, and it's taken me too long to come back and post! 

For the next couple weeks, I'll be posting photos from my adventures in Europe. A post will go up every Wednesday, and after that we'll see how busy I am with college apps. We might have to switch to every other week for the rest of the school year. 

You'll also notice that this post looks much fancier than the past Instagram posts...I finally figured out how to embed! Yay!

So, let's start! I flew from San Francisco to Paris, France on July 31st to start the Great European Adventure...

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See you next week with pictures of Switzerland! 
Taft WK