Plenty of mornings I want wardrobe choices to be mindless. And what’s easier than a dress!
Sew Over It – Zoe Dress
Category: Sewing
New Look 6530 – Hidden Gem
If you’re looking for a quick and stylish autumn or winter top, keep reading.
Autumn ’18 Sewing Bee
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
Burda 6616 – Zipper Jacket
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.
Simplicity 8556 ~ Tie it up!
In my work life, there is a single constant – professional garb. Trousers, button-down shirts, and jackets have been my wardrobe staples. But times have changed – workplaces are more casual. More than that, I’m learning what I want to wear and it isn’t what’s in my closet. So it’s time to work on workwear.
Cashmerette Springfield – Jumping on the Bandwagon
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 shopping.
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Summer 2018 Fabric Haul & Plans
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve somehow managed to acquire a lot of fabric. First there was a trip home to Canada, then I attended the annual conference for the American Sewing Guild, and finally, I was tempted by Fabric Mart Fabrics.
