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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The dress is done, it is gorgeously beachy and elegant at the same time. I used the directions at SharonSews, but added a hem ruffle and pleated ribbon trim. When Sharon has you trim off the side of your fabric…
August is the busiest month of the summer. And the one I have the least money in. Besides being the 9th annual Tour de Road America, our bike ride to fight cancer (brought to you by 12 volunteers including a…
I’m finally making a pair of sailor pants. These classic button front pants are all over the place (at least on my sewing magazines – in 4/2012 of BurdaStyle, and again in 8/2012, Sew News August has them too). I…