What do you think of “pajama dressing” in public? I mean, out in the street. Celebrities tend to love it as do Sofia Coppola in a Louis Vuitton pajama set, and Selena Gomez (image source), but the rest of us are hugely suspicious. However, I do recall wearing loose silky pants made with a DKNY… Read More Pajama Dressing
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
I am incredulous that until now, I didn’t know about Manuel Pertegaz, a Spanish designer of the 1950s, who – get this – was invited to take over the House of Dior when Christian died in 1957. Pertegaz politely declined. I guess that opened the way for Yves St Laurent and the rest is fashion… Read More Manuel Pertegaz, Fashion Designer, 1917 – 2014
Happy Fourth of July! Are you getting the urge to sew something – anything – this summer? Heed these words from an old sewing book I own: “…. a seamstress will sew with the urgency with which an artist paints…” In my last blog post, I mentioned that another blog post will be unlikely to… Read More The Urge to Sew … There’s No Stopping It
Can’t help but re-blog this post. Bravo! Angelina, take note and design a new fashion line. You can do it…
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H.Dannecker, G. Schick, 1802, Staatliche museum, Berlin, Germany leather and gold decoration, shoes, 1790s How do we choose our shoes? what makes us long for a pair of very pointed flats rather than round toed ballerinas?… Fashionarchaeology has been musing over this question very much lately. Pointy flats are, after…
Dear readers, thank you for visiting. This post is about a humbling episode in my sewing life, and an educational one. It’s a lesson in picking your sewing battles. A cover for a set of patio chairs in the backyard has been on my sewing list for a while. The original cover was very cheap vinyl and pretty much disintegrated with… Read More The Outdoor Project and Sewing Lessons Learned
Dear Readers, Today, I want to bring your attention to the Bishop Method of Clothing Construction. I’ve become the owner of three books about it, published by J. B. Lippincott Company, not in operation today. Back in the day, your grandma or your mom or you (if you’re approaching the golden years) may have learned to sew with… Read More Bishop Method of Clothing Construction, a Very Short Overview
Dear sewing friends, I could not help the alliteration in the title. But that’s just me….. Revealed here is the ongoing construction of a class project — of an online class I signed up for back in 2010. All part of the “complete your UFOs in 2013” decision I made early this year. This online class was taught by… Read More Class for Cloning Clothing
There’s an additional title to this post: Parenting a Parent and the Unfinished Blog Post. I began writing this with a scheduled publish date for today, but due to life interruptions caused by my dear mother’s health issues particular to her advanced age, the actual projects did not get finished. So here is a question for social media… Read More Magazine Mania: Do You Sew Projects Featured in Sewing Mags?
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