Goodbye Valentino

20 Nov Robe de Soirée

Posted at 18:44h in clothes, clothing designers, Fabric, Fashion Sewing, sewing patterns, Uncategorized by goodbyevalentino 22 Comments

It has been eighteen days since my last post! Making an evening gown consumed every precious free moment I’ve had – physically, intellectually and emotionally. The ball is in five days and the dress is finished! Up until making this gown I have really enjoyed sewing again, but I put such pressure on myself to make a dress that will match up to the others (including the ones I bought for my daughters) the experience has been stressful, but I persevered. Other than several dyslexic incidents brought about from working on a one-shoulder dress, this Butterick pattern was easy enough and presented no...

02 Nov Word’s Out

Posted at 08:16h in sewing blog by goodbyevalentino 0 Comments

“Honey, what ‘s going on??? Is there someone else? Are you taking drugs? You’ve stopped cooking dinner, the laundry is piled up and you just don’t have time for me anymore. What is it? “ “None of the above dear, I’ve started a sewing blog.” Well, it wasn’t quite that dramatic, but you get the picture. Glad that’s over with so I can get back to sewing…….....

31 Oct The Great American Apparel Diet

Posted at 07:57h in Fashion Sewing by goodbyevalentino 0 Comments

Over the weekend upon hearing about my blog, a friend told me that she and a group participated in The Great American Apparel Diet during Lent 2011. I never knew this organization existed, but two years ago I did the same thing on my own during Lent. I made it until Easter but quickly learned this diet was not the way for me to go, for I indulged in some serious shopping shortly after Easter making up for whatever I didn’t spend during those six weeks. I l o v e sewing clothes again. Deprivation from shopping for clothes has been...