I finished the ruffle top and it’s FANTASTIC. Perfect, fitted, gorgeous. Can I just say one more time how much I love Christine Jonson Patterns? Honestly. I made this almost right out of the envelope, making only a neckline adjustment…
Neither of us parents could sleep this morning, so we both got up about 6am. I chose to go in and sew. Never done that before! Peanut slept til 7:15 so I managed to rethread my serger (don’t laugh, it…
I’m thinking of buying my first Etsy item – a nursing cami and nightie pattern. I am also thinking of printing my bag patterns and instructions on heavy paper and selling mine too. To do that, I need to finish:…
So I”m posting on my other blog about Vizcaya. And I’m posting about wearing palazzo pants, a black maillot, big sunglasses and a wide brimmed hat at a villa (not MY villa, but you get the idea). Anyway, that brings…
I have some silvery shimmery matte jersey that I made a top with a few years ago (never liked the top on me). And tonight, I was surfing, aimlessly, Jcrew and saw a cute chameuse pencil skirt with double-casing elastic…
and I’m glad it’s blue and white plaid, which seems fresh, and springy, but yet, can be worn when the temps are in the 40s. This is that weird shoulder season where I want to wear striped bateau neck tops…
They did a combo pattern offer, for a bow-tie short sleeved blouse and shorts, for a contest they ran (I voted for this one, though if they’d have shown the top with pants, THAT would have been my combo!) Anyway,…
I drafted a pants pattern in GD this past weekend, basically a sloper. I have to adjust my measurements in general – crotch depth, and waist and hip measurements too, then try again with another muslin. It was a fun…
Remember that coat that I made? that turned out to be too voluminous for me, and had icky topstitching. I’ve never worn it, and there it’s hung. Well it’s about to be a new coat! I saw a darling 3/4…
The spring challenge starts when I get back. I would also like to alter my navy fleece ruana into a circular shape with ruffled edge, like the ones I saw in Avignon at the market. I think Navy is a…