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.
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
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
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.
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?
While viewing the collections for Fall 2025 Couture season, some pieces in Rahul Mishra’s collection have been living in my brain since. These are fashion elements that rise up in the air, defiant of gravity and extraordinarily dramatic and beautiful. As I dug more into the collections, there were other designers with the same anti-gravity… Read More Gravity Defying Fashion
