Category Sew Paradise

Just passed a granny in a hooded cape, tunic, leggings and tall boots. It is always very clear to me Lansing is somewhat of a style backwoods when I come here.

I won this pattern in a contest last winter It’s been slated for a bright coral, pink and purple abstract floral since then. And now, on the day with the first snow of the season, I finish a summery top!…

I cut out the babywearing panel, neck cowl and baby hat tonight. I recycled an old Polartec 300 jacket that I made hubby years ago, for the baby hat. It’s super thick fleece, I’m not even sure the present 300…

About three and a half years ago I bought this cashmere (from The Wool House in Toronto) at an American Sewing Guild conference in Chicago. I was with my friend Sue at the time, and at $140 for the 2…

So I’m trolling for bloggers for my client and stumble upon a blog about bike chicks. Not biker chicks, as in Harleys, but bicycle chicks. Stylish bicycle chicks! No lie! If any of these women sew AND have kids AND…

Doesn’t it feel good to finish up a UFO that’s a couple years old? Even better, one that I can put into action tomorrow, first thing, in an outfit that I have imagined for a while now! My review of…

I sewed my second halloween costume last night. My first was a football costume (you know, egg shaped, brown, with stripes) for wee baby boy who is slumbering in my bed upstairs. He wore it again tonight, ripped a Spartan…

right now the project is the dishes and laundry, sadly. But the next project is cut – the wedgewood blue cashmere poncho with big cowl neckline and cashmere flower.  This past weekend ended with a gorgeous Sunday of beach time…

I raided my stash of both pattern and fabric on Thursday night, late. As we planned for this up-north beach weekend, of course, optimistically brought three projects. Two are UFOs in their very final stages. The Christine Jonson Cross Your…

that’s right, if I plunk down $100, I could get my very own sweater knits (two yards) of Missoni, actually from Italy Missoni sweater knit. It’s over at Emma One Sock, and I’m tempted, really tempted. I could make a…