JoAnn announced their second (and final) bankruptcy in 8 months. It’s probably the end for them. What do we as garment sewists do now? Well, I’m sure most of you will agree, the clothing / garment fabric selection at JoAnn…
Make Nine 2025 is a popular challenge among sewists each year – we all decide we’re going to make nine garments or items (I think the 9 comes from the Instagram grid style but I don’t recall) in a particular…
Sewing a winter coat can be a relatively easy project. Am I kidding? No! It can be! I’d love to show you how to sew a winter coat (that’s easy). I’m not talking lots of seaming, collar work and welt…
My news alert from my local weather forecasters says “seasonably cold weather coming for 2 weeks” – and for most of you that is UN-seasonably cold weather, but we’re finally having winter (and maybe on the cold side of it…
I sew with mostly natural fibers now (although I have a large fabric stash with a lot of fabrics of all types that I’m using up.) In my pics below, I’ve shared some natural fiber examples from my Local Fabric…
A ME 2046, from Simplicity’s KnowMe pattern line is a fun fall/winter dress or tunic. The pattern comes with a dress (longer) length and a knee length zippered side seam tunic. I split the difference, making the dress length but…
I bought these camel sweater pants (Liz Claiborne brand) at a thrift store for $3.99. I added some Adidas accents (see my inspo pics below) to the legs and also the hip. You can also do this to sweatpants, trackpants…
Join me for UFO October. Seems like spooky season would be awesome if we could bang out a few of those UFOs before holiday sewing sets in! What’s in your sewing UFO unfinished objects pile? Here’s mine! Blazers – unlined…
This is a week of a me-made and thrifted secondhand wardrobe in video format. Each of these outfits features at least one handmade garment, plus thrifted or secondhand items. These are all work-from-home suitable outfits that are fun to put…
It’s the summer of the two piece set! Well, that was last summer too, but this summer, we’re seeing two piece sets everywhere – and here are a few of my favorites, and tips for baring a little skin… or…