Calgary Stampede Gear 🤠 The Calgary Stampede is powered by volunteers and this year, I joined the ranks. I'm on the Art Show committee, specifically working on the Creative Arts and Crafts competition. (I entered garments in the competition in 2023 and 2024 but didn't win anything.) As a volunteer, there is an expectation that… Continue reading Creating the Perfect Calgary Stampede Shirt
Category: Sewing
Me Made May 2025
Time for the annual wardrobe challenge In 2010, blogger Zoe of So Zoe What Do You Know created Me Made May. (Zoe also is the voice behind the Check Your Threads podcast.) If it's new to you, here is Zoe's description of the challenge: MMM is a wardrobe challenge that helps you improve your relationship… Continue reading Me Made May 2025
2024 Perpetual Sewing Project List
And that's a wrap! One of my goals for 2024 was to not sew just for the sake of sewing. I wanted to be deliberate and only make things that I really needed and/or desperately wanted. Need taking priority over desire. The list that follows below is the sewing project list that I kept throughout… Continue reading 2024 Perpetual Sewing Project List
Tunic Sewalong
Way back in 2016, Sarah Gunn of Goodbye Valentino fame was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Sewing Guild. Sarah and Julie Starr had just released their book, The Tunic Bible, and like a lot of people, I bought the book. Then I set it on a shelf… Continue reading Tunic Sewalong
Creston Jeans for Calgary Stampede
17 August 2024 If you've read some of my previous blog posts, you'll know that I'm stupid about entering contests. I am compelled to enter challenges and contests! That said, over the years, I've become more selective in what I enter, and try to reign myself in and only commit to things that will result… Continue reading Creston Jeans for Calgary Stampede
2024 Sewing Plans Worksheet
On my YouTube Channel, I shared my Sewing Plans and Goals for 2024. The Sewing Plans worksheets are included below. There are two pages. One is a cat theme. The other is not. Because I know not everyone is enamoured with cats 😻 sewing-project-planner-2024Download
Janine Sews 