Wardrobe analysis
suelow Mr. Low has gone off to China leaving me with plenty of unfilled time on my hands in the evenings and weekends. El Kiddo would rather play video games or
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Fabric wants to be loved. (but it is hard sometimes)
This fabric has been haunting me since I tried to make a cocktail dress and found the fabric just didn’t want to do that. So I am making an unlined
A clean loft… for once!
I cleaned up the sewing loft today, a task which was far overdue. I think making projects from scratch is more messy than sewing from patterns because of the iterations
Drafting a sleeve block (and making a princess dress with fabric blocking)
So for those of you who occasionally come around here expecting posts about civics & current events, you’ve got to wonder what kind of blog I’m running here. Well, it’s
Amazing suede… how sweet the drape
Ok I am back in the sewing loft after a crazy month of travel. Last weekend while I was in the midst of making my kid a costume, he wouldn’t
Make a bow-front blouse? Why yes, I think I will!
Another Sunday, another stash-breaker! This time I am making a bias-cut, bow-front blouse to go under a black suit jacket. I have this funky turquoise and black patterned print that
Project: GODET
Having finished the Boy’s jeans, I simply had to dive into yet another attempt at making a garment on Sunday to wear on Monday. This time, I’ve had a vision
Jeans for the boy
I’m making jeans for my little guy (who at 6 years old is already 4 feet tall and shows signs of becoming a very un-little guy). I’m using Burda 9641,
Making a blouse dress pencil skirt
Last weekend I went through a frenzied day of what I thought was totally inspired designing – draping a skirt which was intended to have a cool, drapey-bias front with