Sewing status
Purple Tunic. Hot Patterns Sugar Babe jacket Baby dress from Bahamian Androsia batik (from a top of mine that I rarely wore) Started: mama tunic from brown gauze, baby tunic from brown gauze (matching bloomer pants too). So far I’ve…
keeping up with friends
I was on my friend Sue’s blog. I like her blog – she posts what she sews and what she’s planning to sew – with links. I like the linky stuff. Plus she gives insight – she sews in the…
Did I need more patterns?
So, just a week or so ago I posted that I was on the lookout for more Vogue Elements. And the universe provided. In my in box was an ebay buy it now. So here are the ones I got!…
Sewing has commenced
I sewed the side seams on a simple baby dress, and the darts and yoke of the BWoF tunic from the 7/2008 issue (108). I didn’t cut enough yokes to self line them, but that is OK. I serged and…
Packed up the sewing stuff
I packed BWoF tunic, Hot Patterns jacket, the Simplicity tank (have to remember to grab the beads from my jewelry stuff), two dresses for Eyrin, and a nursing dress from the stretch print cotton. I have to pack up my…
What I’m lusting after now
Prettyballerinas.com has the most gorgeous ballerina flats! They have one I love, a square toe ballet flat that reminds me *just* of my own actual Bloch ballet shoes. Which reminds me, I bought the baby ballet shoes at the secondhand…
I have capsules…
Today I took out all my fabric, organized them roughly into capsules (where I could, a few are still pretty thin). I tried to think of fall sewing – since I mainly have fall stuff in my stash anyway. But…
Two Wardrobe Plans
I have been thinking about two wardrobe plans for some time – the first I posted here. The second is my Vogue Elements wardrobe. Back in the 90s, Vogue introduced a line called Elements and it featured modern classics with…
Cutting new projects
I cut out the BWoF tunic from the 7/08 issue – it has an a-line shape, a CF pleat and a curvy yoke. It’s otherwise very simple with sideseam pockets. I cut it from the purple linen look fabric I…
why math and decaf don’t mix (knitting)
I had mama-hour tonight. I go, one night per week, for about an hour, to a local coffee shop to knit. DH takes weds evening – he gets home generally about 10-10:30 from sailing and dinner, so I take Thursdays.…
I have some great things to sew
Boy, it’s amazing. Just looking at Christine Jonson’s web site, or Hot Patterns, i realize I have so many of theirs – and so many great things to sew! It’s fun to imagine all the new things I could sew.…
When I have insomnia
I think about sewing projects. It helps me calm down to sleep. Really. I also think about sewing projects when I ride the bike, but hubs says I stop putting power to the pedals when I do that. So last…