Fabric wants to be loved. (but it is hard sometimes)
suelow 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
suelow
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