I’ve learned a lot of sewing lessons from Sandra Betzina through classes, videos and books. With her Today’s Fit line of Vogue patterns, the guide sheets capture the essence of Sandra. It’s as if she’s talking to me personally. Like, urging you to take your “honest” waist measurement; my favorite piece of advice was Sandra’s suggestion for those of… Read More Pants Sewn: Vogue 1411 – Keeper Pattern
Hi Readers, Just for my fellow sewing enthusiasts, I’m turning Sewing Month 2014 into a Sewing Tip Month on this blog. Read on to see my progress with Vogue 8979, and then the tips related to the project. After searching high and low for someone who had made this pattern, I found that Vogue Patterns and myself were the… Read More September Sewing Tips: Vogue 8979 Edition
In other words, this is what’s on my sewing table at this moment. A LOT. These are prime conditions for UFO formation (Unfinished Objects). I hope to persist and finish these commitments in August – or September. October?? Take a look…. Rayon Batik in oxblood and Vogue 8979. Something attracted me to this pattern in… Read More My Over Committed Sewing Life
Dear Readers, in spite of thoughtful and diligent sewing by the seamstress, this is how some sewing projects are abandoned or thrown in the UFO pile. It hurts me to say this, but after many hours spent thinking through the making of Vogue 9005, then deciding to “just sew it”, I have to abandon the project. But first,… Read More Abandoning a Sewing Project
Congratulations to winners of the pattern bundles, and thanks to everyone who put in a comment. It was not just a giveaway but a fun conversation. If you did not see that post, check it out. The winners: Bundle 1: CurvyCosplay Bundle 2: Lisa (Stitch It Again) Bundle 3: Sue W. Bundle 4: Wendy Bundle… Read More Pattern Bundle Winners!
Hi everyone! Please don’t read this if you have already commented and made your choices for the pattern giveaway; thank you so very much if you have. Let me say that at this time you have a VERY good chance of winning your preferred pattern bundle! If you have not entered the giveaway, and want to… Read More Mom Was a Little Girl Once, and Still Time for Entering Pattern Giveaway
Recently I confronted my pattern hoarding, I mean collecting instincts in the interest of de-cluttering and beautifying the sewing room. The collection is now getting out of hand and I am streamlining in the spirit of reduce and recycle. Le sewing room needs to be less chaotic; and I, er, watched Hoarding: Buried Alive on TV this week. If you’re procrastinating with… Read More Sewing Pattern Collection Downsize and Giveaway
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