Chanel jacket progress
I am just about up to quilting the pieces. This is a process, let me tell you, and it’s the very thing that at first I’m quick to say “oh, what have I gotten myself into.” It involves first, pinning…
paradise
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: day 15: use your stash
What do you stash? You know, the stuff you buy to do things with. Food items? Cookbooks? Yarn? Fabric? Sewing Patterns? Wood? Beads? Whatever you stash, dive into it when you take on your next project. I’m not talking getting…
What to wear with white jeans – winter
What to wear with white jeans – winter by asiegle featuring akris
Use the Good Stuff day 14: exercise videos
Chances are you have something like this at your house too. Pilates, yoga, buns of steel whatever. Get them out and add variety to your workouts. I personally love gorgeous Hawaiian vistas in mine. In a cold winter night it…
Very slow sewing of the couture Chanel jacket
Step three of ten. Fuse knit interfacing to every jacket panel and piece. There are fourteen pieces. Jamming to deep house club music as I press and hold the iron in place over the pieces. It isn’t ironing. It is…
What to wear with white jeans – winter
What to wear with white jeans – winter by asiegle featuring a red long sleeve shirt
Use the Good Stuff: day 13. Uhm, use the NEW stuff?
So this series is all about buying nothing and using what you have. So what was I doing buying new white designer jeans at a sum of money that is way outside my thrift-and-secondhand-boutique price range? I have no idea…
Slow sewing
Today I’m doing slow sewing. I cut out the lining of my couture jacket and the interfacing. And that’s it. Yep. I’m not fusing, sewing, anything. Just taking this slow and savoring the beauty of the fabric and the process.…
Use the Good Stuff: Day 11 Workout gear
I’ll bet without a doubt that most of you have some sort of exercise equipment gathering dust in your basement. What is it? A set of weights? A weight bench (if you do have a weight bench you are willing…
Parisian boucle
This is the start to a beautiful jacket I will wear forever.