Happiness Through Sewing
My sewing brain is on summer vacation. It doesn’t want to think hard it just wants to sew. So I’m sewing “easy” patterns which I’m enjoying tremendously. There’s more actual sewing and less puzzle solving. I’m getting garments done and, bonus, they’re wearable. Rachel Comey’s design for Vogue Patterns, V1247, is my latest success. The pattern includes […] Read more…
Someone took my favorite movie (one of) and made it even better. Read more…
Maybe you’re familiar with the magazine “Where Women Create“. It’s a magazine filled with photos of crafty women’s studios. As their website says, “Where Women Create magazine invites you into the creative spaces of the most extraordinary women of our time.” The first time I saw this magazine I had a hard time believing this […] Read more…
A bow tie was never something I thought I would make. I’m not against them, they simply aren’t on my radar. Besides, I view ties like undies; garments to be bought at a store. Yet, I’ve just made a bow tie and I liked it. It went so fast and so easy. Recently a friend […] Read more…
My Me-Made-May challenge was to wear an item I’ve made at least five days a week. I figured it would be a fun, easy, little challenge to take on. A challenge to show off wicked sewing skills and design sense. Like many things, it turned out a little differently than I expected. First, I failed […] Read more…
It is the middle of Me-Made-May and I seem to be achieving the exact opposite of it’s desired effect. Instead of appreciating the clothing I’ve made by wearing them more often, I’m getting tired of my self made garments because I wear the same few pieces all the time. Someone give me a box store […] Read more…
Today is the first day of May. I’ve taken the Me Made May ’15 pledge to wear one item that I’ve made at least five times a week. I just wanted to show you what items I currently have in my closet that I’ve made. These are my skirts: A grey raw silk skirt made […] Read more…
I’ve been sewing for 25 years, not counting my childhood when I made numerous hand stitched bean bags which always leak their contents. (My stitches were the same size as the beans. Who knew? Where was the Girl Scout leader in charge of this activity? But I guess I could count this as […] Read more…
Last June, when I first heard about Me Made May I thought it was an interesting idea; wear clothes you’ve made yourself for all of May. I mistakenly thought, maybe from the seemingly trillion “what I wore today” photos on the blog where I first read about Me Made May, that participants could only wear […] Read more…
Spring time means time to make a couple skirts and this year I’m trying out three skirt patterns. I just finished making Lisette B6182 a safari inspired a-line skirt. (The B in B6182 stands for Butterick. You may recall Lisette patterns use to come out under Simplicity Creative Group but now it’s Butterick) Lisette patterns […] Read more…