I’ve often loved the classic ‘summer at the lake house’ look – khakis, fitted shirts, shirtdresses, bateau neck tees, wide leg linen trousers, flat sandals or ballet flats. And this spring both high fashion, mainstream fashion and sewing have converged.…
My mom had a great suggestion to just wear nursing dresses this summer. Great job mom! She’s right. I also have two wrap dresses, that, with a nursing cami or cropped cami, can easily work. They dress up well for…
It was a bit fussier than I would have expected, or liked, from a simple wrap dress. I used a couple of techniques: Steam-a-seam on the facings held them in place for topstitching. Same, too, with hems. I had hubby…
A fellow La Leche League member came up to me at our last meeting and said “I have a fun fashiony sewing for charity project I’d like your help with”. And proceeded to connect three of my many current favorite…
About two years ago, almost 3, hubby built a sewing cabinet for me. It started as a ‘where am I going to sew now that we are finally expecting a baby?’ using a small cabinet he’d built for his computer…
Literally. The dining room table. I’ll post pics tomorrow when I cut them out. I bought a snakeskin-esque modern rayon print in cream and teal and black, a purple and dark gold print on cream that’s abstract with borders. So…
Maternity dress pants are very expensive. And most women will wear them maybe four or five months of their pregnancy and then never want to see them again. If this is your second or last like mine, or if you’re…
Doh! I thought I had wool jersey in charcoal, but as it turns out it was a remnant that I’d already cut into. But I did make the slate ones, and with a few things that I’m not happy about,…
I have a sewing weekend coming up, but alas, my local JoAnn’s didn’t have enough of the fabric I wanted to make curtains for our new son’s room. I can probably order fabric in time for the weekend’s sewing for…
I requested Chic and Simple Sewing and Weekend Sewing from MelCat tonight so we’ll see when they come in. Both had good reviews, but WS got some poor ones for the pattern drafts. I’ll just have to see (and hey,…
I’m considerably smaller this pregnancy so far, and unless I really start packing on pounds, I won’t get to where I was until late in this pregnancy. Which means those corduroys aren’t going to see much use! So I’m digging…
…is officially out of the bag! I posted on facebook today, and I am officially showing so I had to make it official on the notice. And thus, as soon as I feel well enough, I must sew winter maternity…