gasp! I’m thinking fall! I know, I know, I said I wouldn’t and I’m not going to delve too deep into this. Once we get back from our Mouse vacation I WILL think in earnest. But I wanted to post…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…