Delray Blues SWAP
I’ve finally made progress with the SWAP! Shown at left is the wrap tube top. I used the Hot Patterns Sugar Babe tube top, drew out a full-width tube top, drew the wrap on to it (I started at just…
sundress in progress
I did the overlay, topstitching (wide, like the jacket), buttonhole and button. Found an oversized one in eggplant purple in my button jar, it’s a great match with the lime linen. But that’s as far as I’ve gotten – the…
cut the sundress!
I took an hour and cut out a nursing sleeveless dress from Elizabeth Lee’s NC 307. I think the big issue with a number of people saying EL patterns are frumpy is the sizing – it’s generous! I cut out…
In (desperate) need of a summer dress…
My summer denim dress will be great….but it’s also denim. I want a sundress. So I’m thinking I need to cut out a dress out of some of the rest of the knits I bought in Chicago those years ago.…
10 essentials
So I’ve read this before, in various forms over the years. Here’s the latest sewing buzz around the forums: Tim Gunn’s 10 Essential Items Every Woman Needs • Basic black dress – check. A beautiful Liz Claiborne ankle length column…
Summer tops
I worked on the wrap tube top this afternoon while baby was asleep. I did some frog stitching and was so mad at myself – thinking I should stop sewing. But then I had a realization – EVERYONE frog stitches…
Michelangelo was painting my garage…
Isn’t that the quote? “asking a sewist to do mending is like asking Michelangelo to paint your garage”? Yeah. So I altered 4″ or more out of the back of two pairs of pants. One, the Jcrew Favorite Fit khakis…
What is it with the shoes?
Am I that skinny? I stepped on the scale after dinner, 110 lbs. My lowest is 109 (in the last 20 years) and that was last month. But that still doesn’t explain how an 8N from three years ago in…
Inspired to change
So I looked at the 2008 winning wardrobe contest on PR today. A maternity wardrobe from a sewist in Thailand. It is simply gorgeous. Really. And it’s so inspiring — these simple shapes with fabulous details in pretty fabric. Really…
Is it summer yet?
I am having summer pangs this morning. Yes, it’s been a beautiful spring, really. But I want summer! I can’t wait to sew up the brown babydoll top with beaded straps (from the Simplicity pattern – which I will post…
Shoes again…
I returned the shoes. Two pairs. I kept the green wedge espadrilles with the flower on the wedge though. And I ordered some cork wedges in white. We’ll see if they fit. I ordered an 8N at naturalizer, hoping this…
Shoes!
So I bought three new pairs of shoes. And decided to keep them all! Eek! Yeah it’s like $160 worth of shoes. I got skyscraper white platform strappy sandals, with a wood wedge, spring green wedge espadrilles in leather with…