Category Sew Paradise

Finished challenge garment 1

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…

early morning sewing

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…

nursing cami

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:…

Vizcaya

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…

Something I hadn’t even considered…

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…

Burda style and simplicity

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,…

Recycle rain coat

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…

Next projects

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…