Angelina Jolie’s Artful Fall Fashion Line
Can’t help but re-blog this post. Bravo! Angelina, take note and design a new fashion line. You can do it…
September Sewing Tips
To all my sewing buddies: HAPPY SEWING MONTH! It takes all my energy to keep from sharing a sewing tip as soon as I discover it or after a light bulb moment. Here are two tips I want to share with you. Just two because I need to share right away, and importantly, it makes… Read More September Sewing Tips
Un-Bunch Your Corner
This post is dedicated to my niece Aliya, a beginner seamstress. She suggested I write about how to avoid bulky, bunchy corners, because she ran into the problem when sewing a duvet cover. Does your pillow cover, duvet cover, collar point or any square corner look like crap once it’s turned inside out? The reason some sewn corners seem bulky is that… Read More Un-Bunch Your Corner
My Over Committed Sewing Life
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
Unfinished Sewing Archives: Embroidered Linen Napkins
…… and it’s time to finish them after a decade of storing. The tasks at hand are hemming the edges of all seven embroidered napkins, and adding embroidery and hemming to the last eighth blank square to complete the set. The napkins are smaller than dinner size and will probably be considered cocktail napkins. Except, I don’t… Read More Unfinished Sewing Archives: Embroidered Linen Napkins
Some Things I Learned From “The Year Without Pants”, a Book About WordPress.com and the Future of Work
Blog post #67 is not about sewing. We’re going off on a tangent and shining some beams on the software company which allows me to write this blog: WordPress.com. I usually stop in my tracks for any book title that is fashion related. Therefore author Scott Berkun’s book caused a stop-in-your-tracks moment (um, the word “pants”). A second look… Read More Some Things I Learned From “The Year Without Pants”, a Book About WordPress.com and the Future of Work
Summertime, Easy Sewingtime….
It summertime and the sewing is easy. Next month, it will be hotter ‘n hell in Texas. While the fashion industry and most well-organized home sewers are planning and replenishing their fall closets, I am still trying to sew summer clothes for myself. This striped tunic recently came off my sewing machine in the way… Read More Summertime, Easy Sewingtime….
How Would You Wear This Wrap, Published in “The Unofficial Downton Abbey Sews”?
Happy Independence Day, America! Page 36 of a special publication by Stitch magazine features my “Out & About Wrap” in all its glory. It is super simple to make, and super chic to wear. It works for 21st century women like us. I want to thank the editors for making it look glorious in the pages of “The Unofficial… Read More How Would You Wear This Wrap, Published in “The Unofficial Downton Abbey Sews”?
Designer’s Original: Update to Double Zippered Pouch
Hi readers, I am thrilled to post this update to last week’s blog post about the double triangle zipped pouch. The designer, Nancy Shriber contacted me to dispel my thoughts about the author of the book not actually making the bag. She did, and I owe her an apology. Nancy, I am sorry. Take a look at… Read More Designer’s Original: Update to Double Zippered Pouch
Double Zippered Pouch
There should be a UFO (unfinished object) month celebrated in the sewing community at least once a year. Look what I found in my unfinished sewing archives (aka UFOs). An indigo blue 14” square, embellished with the Japanese folk embroidery called Sashiko (s-a-a-sh-i-k-o). This was a class project for Sashiko expert Nancy Shriber’s class – um,… Read More Double Zippered Pouch
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