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.
Read all the way to the end 🙂 From where I stand regarding wardrobe making inspiration, it’s the high end and haute couture collections that I usually gravitate to for ideas — even for everyday wear. But do I want to look like a clothing catalog? Generally, no. However, if the aesthetics of the catalog… Read More Do I Want to Look Like a Catalog?
Earlier this year, on my way back home, I ran across a garment display titled Recycled Runway, at the Indianapolis Airport — “runway”, get it? The theme was celebrating sustainable fashion during Earth month (April) by using donated garments, which were taken apart and sewn together into something new. Wait, what?? What are the chances… Read More Grade A for Effort and Ecological Spirit
This image landed in my Pinterest feed and blew me away; what was about this outfit? (It is credited to shamacollection.com). It was the high contrast brocade facing in a high-low hem. It started to live in my mind, and is now culminating in a blog post. To my eyes it gives off more polished… Read More A Faced Hem Can be Exciting.
A short post ….. a very short post. I was shook when this happened. This is a sewing hazard warning. You can safely say that it’s not a hazard to your person, but can play havoc with a sewing project, and therefore your psyche. See these two harmless sewing tools? They are similar in looks… Read More Keeping Sewing Tools in Their Own Lane.
I’m feeling mean today — really mean. This is what showed up on the red carpet and the fashion runway. I just chose three but there are more. At first glance, two of these elicited a positive response in me because they do look pretty; the more I tried to analyze them, the meaner I… Read More Fashion Design Bloopers and Misses
This might turn out to be a wordy brain dump and I will refrain from boring you with the reasons for my absence on this blog, but just want to say that I’m still alive and healthy; I’ve just been preoccupied with other stuff — such as unrelenting house repairs, a steady increase in books… Read More She’s Back. Yay.
A very short post today. I reviewed the pattern for the melodiously named “Lyrical Blouse” and sewed a sample of this blouse for Threads magazine’s winter issue (available on newsstands now — do old fashioned newsstands still exist?), for inclusion in their Pattern Review section. Disclaimer — they sent me the pattern, the fabric and… Read More I Made a Happy, SingSong Blouse. It’s Not Mine.
I do not — technically — but I love the sparkle, the handmade decor and good will associated with the season. Especially the hand made things; do cookies count? I will leave you with some handmade Holiday crafts made by me and sundry family members. Dear readers, have a happy healthy and serene holiday —… Read More Happy Holidays to All Who Celebrate…
You have lost access to your pattern bin albeit temporarily. What now? Well, plenty. I could have gone on a shopping spree for new patterns but chose not to, storage space being at a premium right now due to home repairs and such works. Besides, my pattern bin is full of favorite patterns that have… Read More No Pattern-bin Access. What Now?
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