Couture Eye Candy
Rejuvenating a dry sewing spell with #hautecouture images. #theMagicofSewing … Read More Couture Eye Candy
Wrap Pants: Happy Make
The #CamiMadePatterns’ Mirage Pants wrap around in the best way. No need to lift a leg to wear them. … Read More Wrap Pants: Happy Make
Sewing Space: Books as Makeshift Extension Table for Your Sewing Machine
A pile of books make excellent extensions of a sewing machine bed! #sewingspacehack #sewingspace … Read More Sewing Space: Books as Makeshift Extension Table for Your Sewing Machine
Mask Basket
(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
My Neon 2020 Sewing Plan in Progress
This plan used to be My Neon Spring 2020; lets drop the word “Spring” from it; the spring of 2020 has been the cruelest season. Yeesh… Neon colors are nice. If you’re afraid of them, might I suggest that you let them grow on you slowly? Notice how the bright coral pants are tempered with… Read More My Neon 2020 Sewing Plan in Progress
Glam Cover Up for a Neckline Mess Up
Hi friends, I’m going to share some ugly truths behind my careless execution of a knit neckline, and an idea for a cover up of said faulty execution. The moral: you don’t always have to rip your seams for a sewing error; cover it up. Fabric: Gorgeous navy/white striped knit from Sew Much Fabric .… Read More Glam Cover Up for a Neckline Mess Up
The Hand as Measuring Device
…or your stretched out arm, or your foot, or some other body part. Some of us know the old outstretched-arm-from-fingertip-to-nose=one-yard trick. Right? But this is about smaller measurements. Read on… Hand mapping should be a thing. I grew up watching my adults use their hands to measure things; clothing, fabric or anything they wanted to… Read More The Hand as Measuring Device
Secret in Stitch #26
It’s what I call a buttonhole stitch because it’s configuration is what you would use if you were making a handmade buttonhole (not to be confused with a machine-made buttonhole). If your machine has an array of decorative stitches (not to be confused with utility stitches), this one is bound to be part of it.… Read More Secret in Stitch #26
Upcycling Clothes in 1946
April is Earth month and before it ends for the year 2020, I would love to share a vintage sewing book with you. The New Encyclopedia of Modern Sewing, circa 1946. There is no author, but it is “Edited by Frances Blondin”. It’s Published by Wm. H. Wise and Co., Inc. “Through special arrangement made… Read More Upcycling Clothes in 1946
Mask Couture (Micro Post #4)
The featured image in the header is from Martin Margiela’s 2013 couture collection! Shown on VogueRunway.com . Yes, we’re going there again. Let’s go back to protective cloth masks today in a light-hearted way. Disclaimer: They’re not “protective” for the wearer but somewhat protective to the human standing close to the wearer — distance yourself,… Read More Mask Couture (Micro Post #4)
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