Category Sew Paradise

Away We Go!

Away We Go! by asiegle featuring a duffel luggage Yves Saint Laurent twill coat$1,995 – net-a-porter.com Missoni woven pants£164 – theoutnet.com J.Crew skimmers shoes$250 – jcrew.com J W Hulme Co genuine leather handbag$450 – tenover6.com Duffel luggage$129 – amazon.com Jonathan Saunders lightweight scarve$309 – glassworks-studios.com PRADA Stripe top£309 – farfetch.com Girls’ Dresses & Skirts…

I must sew…

It’s 9pm on a Sunday and my kids are finally in bed. My 20 month old did NOT NAP today so there went all hope of sewing. And yesterday, the %$#!! tax planner (granted, it’s a whole lot easier than…

Free Dress tutorials to sew!

52 Free Dress Sewing Patterns from craftstew! Including this one from Craft Stylish that I love and want to make. I think dresses are the easiest garment there is. I wear them in the winter (over tights, under a blazer…

Tarjay

Tomorrow I take the wee ones to Target. I had purchased a pair of magenta suedeish shoes with flowers for Peanut, but they were too large. I bought them when she was not with me, and when they didn’t fit,…

It’s snowing!

Nothing like a little a little snow coming down to get me in the mood for sewing something for winter!  It’s been a weirdly warm winter, with 55 degree sunny days in January, interspersed with 24-degree days without snow. This…

Sewing for winter

I’ve long posted here that I really don’t ‘sew ahead’ – like the NY, Paris and Milan fashion scene, which works, seemingly, a year ahead (pre-fall 2012? I just got over fall 2011!), the sewing scene does somewhat the same.…

In the quest for health, just turn left

The other day, I was pulling out of the preschool dropoff and had the choice of turning right, where I’d run the gauntlet of fast food, favorite sub shops and even a grocery store. Or turning left, which is largely…

Christine Jonson makes it easy!

I started sewing this reversible hoodie in “shockwave” a Missoni-esque rayon lycra from Christine’s fall collection 2011 about a month ago. It is basically two identical hooded jackets sewn together and turned right side out through an opening in the…