13 Jun Style Arc Teena Dress
Do you know that the one color you should never wear for a job interview is...
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04 Jun A Lizard, Newspaper, Craftsy and Silk
Posted at 19:18h
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Maybe you read Pamela Druckerman's New York Times Op Ed on Sunday. It's a synopsis of the commencement speech she gave to students graduating from the Paris College of Art, an American art and design school in France. By the time I reached the end of the column I felt it was written just for sewists and sewing bloggers - especially the paragraph that states it's ok to be obsessive. Druckerman quotes comedian Louis C.K. who says "Anything you do should be better than anything you did before." That statement might have been a joke, but ...
27 May Let It Be ?
If asked, I would name this fabric jazz. It's spontaneous but unified, improvisational yet clearly designed. I see a colorful keyboard. But there is a problem. Can this free spirited cotton voile be transformed into a singular sensation? Will its unique voice be heard once it's cut and sewn? Tell me, dear Readers...
23 May There Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime Blues
What can I say? I'm in a blue and white phase...
17 May Neoprene Delight!
Posted at 01:00h
in Mood Fabrics, Mood Sewing Network, Sewing Dresses, Uncategorized, Vogue Sewing Patterns
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How's this for a One Yard Wonder? It's true - I made this dress with one yard of Mood Fabric's Watercolor Clouds Digitally Printed Stretch Neoprene. There's more where this came from too. Check it out here. I want the one with the lips if some cool blogger like Oonaballoona or Sallieoh doesn't beat me to it ;) Seriously, this is the best knit fabric ever...
13 May Vogue 8950
Had I planned to be gone for over two weeks I would have announced a short leave of absence. I've been sewing like crazy on non-blog related projects, one of which involved sewing red cheerleading skirts for grown men participating in a Cancer Association fundraiser - thankfully it was a great success ;) I'm happy to be back and am in the midst of some stash busting. This project, inspired by the hundreds of shapeless tops I see online and in the stores was an immediate gratification project, and one I hope to fine tune next time around. The pattern Vogue 8950 was completed...