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My name is Aaronica and I'm the sewist behind The Needle and the Belle. I started sewing when I was 13 and then fell back in love with sewing through PDF patterns. I now document my pieces I make here!

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I’m Speaking At The GA Pinners Conference!!!

I’m Speaking At The GA Pinners Conference!!!

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Aaronica | Plus Sized Sewist
Guess what’s dropping today?!?! This is the new Guess what’s dropping today?!?! This is the new Davenport Dress from @fridaypatterncompany!!!! This is a pattern drafted for wovens. I used a chambray from @fabricdotcom to make this beauty come true.
Today on @minervadotcom I’m sharing one of my fa Today on @minervadotcom I’m sharing one of my favorite @helens__closet York Pinafore’s made with an organic cotton from Minerva. I’m serving up all the legs!!!!
Dear body: I’m proud of you. Thank you for show Dear body: I’m proud of you. Thank you for showing up and doing the things they said we couldn’t. Thank you for the scars that show we can heal. Thank you for showing up for me even when I mistreated you. Thank you for carrying my 3 babies when doctors said we wouldn’t be able to conceive them. Thank you for the tears that flow through the pain and the joy. Thank you for loving me even when I didn’t like you. Thank you for providing nurturing for my babies. Thank you for providing a safe and comfortable spot for my husband to lay his head on. I love you. xoxo, Me Pattern: a hack of the @patternsforpirates Be Bold + Pegs Fabric: @whiskeytangofabric on pre-order
I was so excited to make the new @megannielsenpatt I was so excited to make the new @megannielsenpatterns Reef set! Jammies are the thing that I neglect to make myself enough of. I remember thinking to myself awhile back, “why would I waste fabric and time making pj’s?” I couldn’t have been more wrong. I used some @joann_stores stretch chiffon to make this dreamy set come true. I’ve always loved that fabric and never knew what to make from it. Check out the other makers that made this set AND HACKED IT into something even more wonderful (someone did a romper hack that I’m definitely trying) on the @megannielsenpatterns blog. This is definitely a set I plan on making more of!
Happy Monday! Last weekend I did lots of both ran Happy Monday! Last weekend I did lots of both random and intentional sewing which I loved. It felt good to sew for the sake of sewing. I got this poly cotton blend from @ssefabrics in my last box. I bought it for my husband and kids because I generally don’t wear purple. But as I pulled out the fabric, I thought back to the reasons I stopped wearing purple. In truth, I love the color. All of my pens are purple. I’m staring at purple yarn on my floor. Purple is the color of royalty. But it’s also the color of Barney—yes, the dinosaur. And when you’re a kid who’s bigger than most, you don’t wear purple or you open yourself up to being teased and called Barney. So I decided I would make a dress that my body has been craving with said purple as a “fuck you” to fatphobic people. I used two fronts from the @madeformermaids Sage dress to give an off-the-shoulder silhouette—so that people who hate plus-sized peeps can really receive the cold-shoulder I’m serving. Anywho, I hope this inspires someone to do something that they shied away from as a kid because they were told they were too fat, too dark, too skinny, too whatever falsehoods were being spread at the time. Where what you want friends and feel beautiful doing it!
It’s almost sundress season and I’m so excited It’s almost sundress season and I’m so excited as I scroll my timeline and see these beautiful dresses my fellow sewists are making. Until I click on the designer and am hit with the disappointment that comes with them lacking size inclusivity. Last year I adopted the attitude of, “if they don’t support my size, I don’t support with my dollars”. I can grade patterns fine and I’m learning to properly draft patterns too. But it still stings to see that in a world where we are literally creating things, the plus sized community is consistently left out. And then when we ask to be included, we’re told to lose weight, grade outside the lines, and otherwise demeaned. It’s not right. It’s not fair. I won’t be supporting with my money but that doesn’t make the sting any less. This is what’s hot on my mind this Sunday afternoon.
Holidays are for #MeMade. I’m so excited I can Holidays are for #MeMade. I’m so excited I can share this now! I made the skirt of my dreams using this Telio Pleated fabric in a blush color from @fabricdotcom. If you know me then you know I’m OBSESSED with these knife pleats. I ordered this fabric not sure of what pattern to use to make what I wanted. And then I realized I could use the new @madeformermaids Sienna skirt! I hacked it to be a plain maxi and I’m so so so in love with this!!! The top is a V-neck Tess from M4M as well!
Hey friends! Just sliding through to say hi! That Hey friends! Just sliding through to say hi! That’s all!
It’s only Saturday afternoon and I’ve already It’s only Saturday afternoon and I’ve already had the best weekend ever because I got to meet two people in the sewing community that I admire so much. Yesterday @cut.sew.make came over and it felt like I’d known her all my life. Like there was zero awkwardness and it was like we see each other all the time. Amanda is one of the most talented and feisty people I know who has the most loving heart. And I just left shopping at Fabric World with THE @johassler. Everything about Jenny just makes me feel at home. Her style is unmatched but her heart and kindness? I’m honored to say I know her. The sewing world had brought me some of the most honorable and amazing people that I likely would have never met and I’m so grateful for that and them!!!!
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