Let’s just do a pictorial post of my capsule pieces so far. This time there are few words — just pictures of three capsule items and one existing pant. There are captions to each image because I can’t quit ‘splainin. The third piece in the “sand and sea” capsule is a tank dress, and there… Read More Capsule Piece 3: Tank Dress.
This may not be every sewer’s cup of tea, but it was kind of fun for me. Does sewing intuitively and jumping in with both feet affect the outcome? This post is all about that little space where the binding is joined in a knit garment neckline. It is a test to see if my… Read More Joining Knit Binding Edges on a Knit Neck Edge — Intuitively and Bravely.
Fashion historians, please educate us. The archival area of my closet is deeper than I formerly let on. Back in the 90s I purchased this chocolate brown skirt suit from an antique store for $25 — a pittance in my estimation, considering it’s age, fabric, quality of construction and God knows what else collectors look… Read More A Real Archival Skirt Suit – Possibly 1940
Maybe I’ve shared this with you during the past 13 years, or maybe not. The search function on my blog is coming up empty, so I may not have shared it. Well, good. I am so dang proud of this jacket! Never mind that the shoulder pads are too high for my current taste, even… Read More Revisiting Archival Corner of My Closet
This is turning out to be a brain dump of a post. Nevertheless, she persisted….. Has anyone come across iron-off carbon paper for tracing on darts, dots, triangles and other pattern markings on the wrong side of cut out pieces, i.e. the markings essential to putting together a garment? I’d love to work with a… Read More Home Sewing Industry, Notions Department, Take Note.
For purposes of this blog, let’s keep the info into the fashion sewing realm, shall we? Although, curtains and pillows are ideal candidates for SO methods. 1. It’s best to use a relatively strong 4-thread serger seam since garments need to not come apart at the stress-bearing seams such as sides, shoulder and armhole seams.… Read More Digging Further Into the Serger-Only (SO) Process
And, how to make yourself disappear into the background. Hi Readers, thank you in advance for reading. Hope you’re having a great National Sewing Month. There might be some color misuse and I’ll visit some thoughts on making this version of the Renfrew Top solely on a serger. The fabric from Sew Much Fabric feels… Read More Capsule Piece 2: Renfrew Top with Serger Only?
…… such as the brown velvet jacket, retrieved from deep in my wardrobe archives. It’s like discovering treasure, or wads of money in a forgotten pocket! Over the past 20 or so years, it has been worn minimally, probably due to the outdated look of the high, square shoulder. I hung on to it because… Read More When the New Fashion Eye Gets Accustomed to the Old…..
I’ve decided to give my smallish capsule wardrobe a name — Sand, Sea and Sky — inspired by the RTW catalog’s color theme and photography. See two posts ago. First item in the capsule pile of fabric is done in a tried and true (TNT) Renfrew Top by Sewaholic Patterns. I’ve made this top many… Read More Capsule Piece 1: The Renfrew Top
Dear Readers, a very short post today to show you what I worked on earlier this year. The secret project is thus revealed; I made this ensemble for Threads magazine’s Pattern Review section in their Fall 2026 issue. It can now be shown on my blog because the magazine is distributed. While I won’t add… Read More Short and Braggy … Still a Fashion and Sewing Post.
