More gifts!
Just finished sewing a recycled sailcloth duffel for my brother (the sailor, from CA). I like how it came out and am going to work on the numbers for it shortly. I also made a clutch for his girlfriend, but…
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.
I discovered a fun site
Polyvore.com – where you can assemble fashion collages & publish them. Fun! Now if only I could upload my own images there (so I could mix and match what’s in my closet already.) I added a sheer drapey blouse in…
What I sewed for Christmas
This should be what we made….since many of our gifts came out of the woodworking shop too, but more on those later. The top and pants are Sew Baby’s Twirl top and Pants pattern, and the dress is the Twirly…
Christmas sewing
I’m not done. Yes, it’s 11pm on December 23rd. But I have already told my brother and his girlfriend their gifts would be late. My daughter won’t know the difference, neither my infant son. So I figure I’ll go with…
beautiful coocoon coat
I will post my cocoon sweater soon (like tonight soon) but here’s some loveable craziness I found on Anthropologie.com tonight. I think this is just a long rectangle with the long tails folded up & back and then sewn, but…
A big box of love
Three years ago or so my friend Sue gave me a box of Japanese quilting cottons. I think this box came from a fellow American Sewing Guild member (my recollection is that the previous owner had passed away, sadly.) But…
Sewing for Christmas
I cut out three patterns (add to the four or so already waiting…and the mending…) this week for Christmas. A twirly dress in stretch poly velvet and brown floral cotton, a Twirly Shirt and Pants from a mixed blues-and-reds-creams cotton…
The handbags are live…
Yes, indeed. After five long years, the first two of five bags is online (for now, only friends are alerted, to download them free, for testing). I’ll see how the next bag goes, and work on the other patterns soon.…
I don’t sew enough
I know people who finish a project or two a week! So how does one carve out sewing time with two small children, a dog, a house, a full time business and some side businesses? I need some inspiration here!
the time is now
This is sort of a crossover post, but it has to do with sewing, that’s why it’s here and not my personal blog. I’ve had this handbag business, for, oh, five years. I have designed some great bags, including one…