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
The times when you’re ready to don your latest make immediately, and certain things pop up which prevent you from doing that. Or, those unending last minute annoyances…. 1. A slip is requisite for a sheer garment but the only creamy white slip in my possession which I thought would be perfect but did not… Read More Your Slip is Showing. Unending little sewing tasks that keep you from donning your new stuff right away.
I solved my yucky neckline finish but caused another mishap in the same garment. It is not completed yet so be not afraid; there’s potential for more (insert sarcastic emoji here). First mishap mend: tackle the neckline slit puckers. There were some options here. It just came down to how much time I wanted to… Read More Pucker Mend
I’ve been writing about fashion and sewing these past couple of months but nothing that replenished my own wardrobe since November. You would think I have not been sewing at all for a couple of months. Not so, I’ve been sewing — just not for my own wardrobe. Here are a three projects which were… Read More Projects I Previously Didn’t Intend to Share With You, But Will Do So
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