Category Sew Paradise

I requested Chic and Simple Sewing and Weekend Sewing from MelCat tonight so we’ll see when they come in. Both had good reviews, but WS got some poor ones for the pattern drafts. I’ll just have to see (and hey,…

I’m considerably smaller this pregnancy so far, and unless I really start packing on pounds, I won’t get to where I was until late in this pregnancy. Which means those corduroys aren’t going to see much use! So I’m digging…

…is officially out of the bag! I posted on facebook today, and I am officially showing so I had to make it official on the notice. And thus, as soon as I feel well enough, I must sew winter maternity…

I showed E. her big girl pants today in the hopes she’d be excited about them enough to want to try potty again. But no big “put them on, mama” moment happened. So I sewed two more, including one with…

I’m committing to knitting later at night when sewing is too dangerous with a sleepy brain. And I’ve got a new way to organize my stash – in a mesh hanging bag system. I’ll be able to see it, it’ll…

I really have to start knitting (this Crosstown Convertible) again! but I first have to start holiday sewing, and then there’s the training pants for my toddler, and the stuff I’ve already cut…

This is for the uptown-downtown dress (which I SO want to get, but alas, it is not nursing-friendly) But I love a great casual yet stylish knit dress, and it IS possible to wear this to work (I no longer…

I’m finally resurrecting my handbag patterns website, with the inspiration of fellow crafty friends Heather and Erin. I met Heather at La Leche League, where I also met our co-leader Sara, also a sewer. Funny, I’ve been searching for crafty…

And there’s a dearth of dress pants in my closet. Three pairs, maybe? So I must get to those wool windowpane pants, the front-seamed slate blue heavy wool jersey, gray wool jersey (probably same seamed) and the luxe black herringbone…

Today I took my birthday off to sew. And despite the start of the day (whiny toddler, hubby with inconsistent priorities vis a vis my birthday) I got a lot done on the Hot Patterns Riviera jacket. I’m moderately happy…