Every prolific garment maker – you know, the kind who is intent on making her entire wardrobe — should intermittently indulge in sewing small, happy, scrappy, patchworky, projects. My personal take is that it’s advisable to do this, not only for a bit of instant gratification, and a certain euphoric feeling that one gets when… Read More We Occasionally Need to Sew With Abandon
(We’re going through dark days in America, and I intend my sewing posts to be only a temporary distraction before we return to the ugliness. Because, come back we must, to actually deal with blatant racism and cruelty. Bad things do not go away on their own). This fabric tray or basket is a vision… Read More Mask Basket
—- and we’re all a big happy blend of faiths and beliefs (and non-beliefs). Thanksgiving was celebrated at my home as the 2019 gathering spot. After the last Thanksgiving bite, my friend Ellen Campbell and my daughter Sarah Mirza set out to add cheerful Christmas décor to my living areas. All but the last two… Read More Christmas Décor in a non-Christian Home
Hi y’all! Well, it was time for me to sew a Little-Happy-Stuff project. It was time to throw some stash fabric and scraps together without being obsessed with garment fit, fine finishes and couture hand sewing. Occasionally, a fast project like this refreshes one’s sewing chops. In the interest of being less wordy that usual,… Read More Pillow Parade #1: Ghostly White Elephant
Is it a plane? A bird passing through on it’s way back to the amazon rainforest ? Why, it’s the Fabridon!! Hello friends! A deep dive into the sewing stash unearthed a kit for making this quirky bird. I haven’t made stuffed animals or birds in decades. But the Fabridon is more an art piece… Read More The Fabridon© : Not a Stuffed Toy
It’s true. It helps to have friends who have friends. In my case, it helped that my friend Maria has a friend who is an upholstery shop owner. Through the friend (twice removed), I was the recipient of some discontinued samples of home decor fabric; the samples range from 8 inches, 16 inches and 24… Read More Found Fabric: Home Decor Samples
Hi all! I might be on an embroidery kick; you may have noticed if you read my posts regularly. I dug into some unfinished sewing archives and look what surfaced in a ziploc bag. Except, I can’t remember how it was supposed to be finished. A long time ago, I took a machine embroidery class… Read More UFO Doily Gets It’s Due
It is done. This summer I am ready to dress up a corner of my home with this paper pieced, water melon motif table runner. Not too bad, right? I’ll keep this a short post so you can just enjoy the pictures. I am thrilled with how the runner looks, and also ecstatic that this… Read More Summer Decor: #Paper Pieced Table Runner Done
Hi everyone! Don’t let the title of this post mislead you. I’m still sewing clothes. I need clothes to wear on a daily basis, you know. I indulged, however, in the type of sewing normally associated with quilting. I paper pieced these watermelons. The process will end in a summery, fresh-looking table runner. Amid this wintry season I… Read More A Break From Garment Sewing: Paper Piecing
…… and it’s time to finish them after a decade of storing. The tasks at hand are hemming the edges of all seven embroidered napkins, and adding embroidery and hemming to the last eighth blank square to complete the set. The napkins are smaller than dinner size and will probably be considered cocktail napkins. Except, I don’t… Read More Unfinished Sewing Archives: Embroidered Linen Napkins
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