Category Sew Paradise

I’m in my mid 50s and the fact is, I will never be 25 or 35 or 45 again. None of us age backwards. And further, a good 65% of my life is already over. But don’t cringe at that.…

I sewed the Evie Tunic from Sonia Estep Designs as part of my Make 9 garments. I actually added this as project at the last minute, owing to the polar vortex arrival. I had this organic cotton sweatshirt fleece from…

JoAnn announced their second (and final) bankruptcy in 8 months. It’s probably the end for them. What do we as garment sewists do now? Well, I’m sure most of you will agree, the clothing / garment fabric selection at JoAnn…

Make Nine 2025 is a popular challenge among sewists each year – we all decide we’re going to make nine garments or items (I think the 9 comes from the Instagram grid style but I don’t recall) in a particular…

Sewing a winter coat can be a relatively easy project. Am I kidding? No! It can be! I’d love to show you how to sew a winter coat (that’s easy). I’m not talking lots of seaming, collar work and welt…

My news alert from my local weather forecasters says “seasonably cold weather coming for 2 weeks” – and for most of you that is UN-seasonably cold weather, but we’re finally having winter (and maybe on the cold side of it…

I sew with mostly natural fibers now (although I have a large fabric stash with a lot of fabrics of all types that I’m using up.) In my pics below, I’ve shared some natural fiber examples from my Local Fabric…

A ME 2046, from Simplicity’s KnowMe pattern line is a fun fall/winter dress or tunic. The pattern comes with a dress (longer) length and a knee length zippered side seam tunic. I split the difference, making the dress length but…

I bought these camel sweater pants (Liz Claiborne brand) at a thrift store for $3.99. I added some Adidas accents (see my inspo pics below) to the legs and also the hip. You can also do this to sweatpants, trackpants…