Use the Good Stuff day 1: Grandma’s tea set
There it is, Grandma’s tea cup and saucer, (fresh out of the box it’s been in since I moved into my house.) I’m enjoying it with a European sewing magazine to kick off 30 days off Using the Good Stuff…
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I'm Ann. I've been sewing since I was 9. My first project was a denim wrap skirt. Thrifting is a way of life for me - both eco-chic and financially savvy.
Use the Good Stuff – have more, buy nothing
Chances are, you’re a lot like me. You have closets and shelves and cupboards jammed with stuff. Good stuff. Good china, your grandma’s tea set, that expensive wool coat you bought long ago, a couple of fancy dresses. A few…
Christmas bike jersey for kids and ski leggings for mom.
Jalie 2216 Bike jersey with long sleeves for my 5 yo DD and some new ski and running leggings for myself from Christine Jonson basewear one sewing patterns. There will eventually be a bike ski running jacket for myself out…
Chic Mom Capes
Chic Mom Capes by asiegle featuring ballet flats I think the greatest invention for moms has to be the poncho or cape. MY mom thought so as well, and she gave me an awesome sewing pattern for a poncho…
Date Bike – a poem
Red trees Red barns Red cars We ride through fall Pedal pedal pedalpedalpedal C o a s t In concert On a tandem Together we ride My (bike) lover and I Pedal, pedal, pedalpedalpedal C o a s t…
Unpacking the fall capes and wraps – fall in love with fashion all over again
It’s that time of year again. I’m off to the basement to bring up bags of sweaters, unpack my capes from the back of the closet and relish in fashion’s most fun time of year. Every year I wonder where…
Fall sweaters, hot tea, pretty scarves and beautiful babies
I love fall. The season of my birth, fall brings with it the glorious color change, which is so spectacular in Michigan, with crisp days, and chilly nights. We start up our fireplaces for the winter, we snuggle under handknit…
Burda style sailor pants
Vintage black buttons, peach twill. Coffee. Loving today’s session sewing the wideleg sailor pants. I’m adding black stitch trim along the top and pocket edges, as well as the back and side waistbands. Although the vintage buttons are awesome, I…
The Paris boucle shopping bag.
If you’re buying fabric overseas, get the bag. I have to say this is as much a souvenir as the fabric itself. I recall Anvers being this eclectic neighborhood of junk shops, closeout shops, fabric stores and the higher you…
Finally the French boucle gets unfolded to make a couture jacket
Contemporary quilted jacket class with designer Angela Wolf at PatternReview.com. Mint green, espresso brown. I bought this in Paris in 2007, at a fabric store at the base of the Sacre Coeur in the Anvers neighborhood. A slightly (ok, a…