18 Jul Butterick Pattern 6669
There's no doubt I work better under a deadline, otherwise it wouldn't have taken two years to make a top for this skirt. 'Why rush...
Stripes Tag
28 Jun McCall’s Pattern 6885
As crazy as it sounds, I'm trying to spiff up my summer stay-at-home wardrobe. I'm set for going-out clothes, but workout pants and t-shirts don't cut it anymore. This means I have one of those loaded closets with nothing to wear unless I want to be all dressed up with nowhere to go. I even turned to eBay for a few things, but Ready-to-Wear clothing no matter how expensive or cheap has its pitfalls. Everything needed an alteration of some sort, and it didn't take long to hop back on the sewing train. I simply LOVE sewing with stripes! Instant embellishment and...
03 Feb More St. James Please!
Posted at 17:48h
in Classic Clothing, Mood Fabrics, Mood Sewing Network, Sewing Tops, Uncategorized
28 Comments
If I was a stylist, I suppose I would spend all of my time doing stuff like this...
03 Apr Saint James Dress
Knowing I can sew a garment for a tiny fraction of the retail price of a simply thrills me, and is one of the reasons I continue to sew. I knew I could make the $200 Saint James Toledo striped dress I saw in a boutique in Charlotte,but I didn't know that Mood Fabrics stocked Saint James knits ~ the very same fabrics! Upon finding Burda 6722, I knew it was meant to be. Described as a ponte, Mood offers the Saint James knits in several colors, and I chose the white background with black stripes. I rarely sew Burda patterns (no reason in...
12 Jul McCalls 3830
Posted at 23:30h
in McCall's Sewing Pattern, Mood Fabrics, sewing clothes, Uncategorized
83 Comments
I recently bought the August – September issue of Vogue Patterns magazine. When sewing blogger Robin Denning announced her new position as Editor of the magazine I immediately renewed my lapsed subscription, however, after catching a glimpse of pages 76 - 83, I wasn’t willing to wait for it to arrive and bought a copy. This issue provided me with instant inspiration along with a solution to a four-month dilemma! In March I ordered this fabric based on the jpeg below. H e l l o……….. “Too bold.” I said. “Too bright……too big……..too much…..” The 7 magazine pages filled with big bold stripes changed my...
16 Mar KNOCK KNOCK
Who’s there? O R A N G E. Orange who? Orange you going to ask what possessed me to order all of this L O U D fabric? __________________________________________ Bigger, Brighter and Bolder does not mean B e t t e r . Hopefully you caught the word ORDER. I’ve had excellent results from ordering fabric online until now, and the reason my latest order is such a disappointment is because I didn’t take the time to order swatches. It never occurred to me that this would be this or that this stripe would be this stripe. and I never dreamed the scale of this floral would be enormous. I was going to...