As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I decided to whip up view D of Simplicity 2416, even though I’d bought it for the swirled styles. It’s a Khaliah Ali pattern, and she seems to do a lot of looks for those of us…
Happy Wednesday to you all! If you’re new to What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, be sure to check out Julia’s mahoosive list of the goings-ons of creative desks from all around the world. It’s fun! Yesterday afternoon was spent in my sewing…
Hey all! I hope you’re having a great weekend. We got yet more snow today, but at least a lot of the white stuff from last weekend’s blizzard had already melted. I spent the afternoon working on a little project for you…
I finished sewing this fleece jacket shortly after Christmas and have worn it a lot since then. I’m so glad I have it today because it is 4° here. Yes, you read that right, that’s the number four with nothing else before or after…
Happy New Year to all my wonderful readers, commenters (and purchasers from my Etsy shops.) Your continued encouragement keeps me going! Thank you all so much. One wonderful thing about having a blog is being able to look back and do a year in review….
Now that the Christmas gifts have been given out, I can post my review of this pattern. I made one each for my sons, my husband and myself. I was bummed that mine had to sit up in the closet until they…
This is definitely a new favorite jacket for the cool months. The pattern was one of those that sucked me in just cuz it was on sale for 99¢ at Joann’s. I have quite a collection of those, actually. 🙂 Anyhow, the…
You all have seen me make lots of clothing and review many, many patterns, but didja notice that I’ve never done any pants? Yup, I’m admit it, I’m chicken. bwack-bwack But, I’m also really tired of wearing ill-fitting pants. So, I decided…
Dunno what the hold up was, but sheesh, I’ve only had this ruffle fabric for nearly two months. It took one seam and sewing on the elastic to finish this skirt. I followed this tutorial. She gives great step-by-step directions. The trickiest…
This zebra stripe knit fabric was bought ages ago for a craft project. I really had no plans to wear it. However, I kept coming across whilst searching for something else in my stash. And every time I saw it I said,…
