Sewing a wardrobe for a woman over 50
2018 was my third year of sewing in earnest. I sewed more in 2018 than ever before, and it became a bigger part of my life. Here's how the year went. The overriding sewing 'event' for me was the Ready to Wear Fast sponsored by blogger Goodbye Valentino. Last December, after very serious contemplation, I [...]
What an absolute luxury. I'm away from work for the next 11 days. Yes, eleven ... What am I going to do with all this time? We tend to travel over the holidays, and lately we've been going on cruises over the Christmas break. This year, however, we are home and have pretty much nothing [...]
There are plenty of raves for this pattern in the blogosphere. Now I understand why! Pattern The Blackwood Cardigan by Helen's Closet is a pdf pattern for a straight fitting, open cardigan in one of two lengths - mid-thigh, or mid-hip. I bought the pattern about 10 months ago and the thought of taping together [...]
Sewing Bee: noun. Old-fashioned A small informal social gathering (usually of women) based around the activity of making or mending clothes or other things with a needle and thread Collins Dictionary This weekend my ASG chapter is holding a 2-day sewing bee. We host these on fifth Saturdays and/or Sundays. Sometimes there is a specific focus - like community service projects - however this month attendees [...]
One of my 2018 goals was to sew a jacket with structure and a lining. I have made a couple of jackets out of knits, and one lined cape. This one was a case of learning one seam at a time. Inspiration Well, honestly the inspiration was that I needed a jacket - any jacket [...]
If you've read my blog in the past you know that I don't like doing FBAs because I am too impatient to do all that tracing, cutting, taping. It seems like each Indie pattern designer has their own design sense, so while perusing patterns I finally took a serious look at Cashmerette and did some [...]
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