When a Sewing Machine Meets Packrat Tendencies
I wore this dress to a wedding in 2004. I really like the color (more accurate in the first photo), but it doesn’t actually fit all that well, and it’s way outdated. So I converted it. The tank top...
View ArticleI Have a Tendency to Get a Bit Carried Away
Ten satin pillowcases? (wine red and pale pink not pictured) So many drawstring bags I’m about to stop tracking them in my custom projects database? (most of the bags are from leftover pillowcase...
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No posts at all in August? Gotta get that photo-process whipped into shape—I’ve got at least three drafts fully written, just missing photos.
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This tutorial for a lined zippered pouch looks very nice and easy. I expect to have some silk scraps someday…. These Japanese wrapping cloths look pretty cool. This crayon-roll tutorial should work...
View ArticleGotta Appreciate People Who Don’t Understand the Internet
The first dress I made, McCall’s 5799, came with pattern pieces for A, B, C, and D cup sizes, so I didn’t need to worry about a full bust alteration (FBA). But now I want to try a different dress...
View ArticleMy Turquoise Stash and Theoretical Clothes
Uploaded with Skitch! At the top, turquoise silk dupioni which I love, my first expensive fabric purchase. The brocade is actually turquoise-on-turquoise instead of the turquoise on pale gold the...
View ArticleBest Sewing Tip Ever?
Not only does this sound like a great tip, it sounds like something I can do by myself! From Cassandra commenting at Sewaholic: Princess seams are awesome if you’re very busty and can give you a...
View ArticleWow, I Actually Have Some Sewing Tips
As a very new sewist, I probably shouldn’t risk the hubris of giving tips. But some things that work for me: As a good little seamstress, I change my needle. I don’t start a new needle with every...
View ArticleTaking Stock: One Year of Sewing
I took my first sewing class on February 9th of 2010, so this seems like a good moment to look back over the year. After just one class—working on the Bernina Seams Inside Out bag—I was hooked (because...
View ArticleMe-Made in Southeast Asia
Naturally, before heading halfway across the world for two weeks, I had grand notions of sewing a entire wardrobe for the tropics, full of linen pants and such. Didn’t happen. But I did manage to make...
View ArticleWhen a Sewing Machine Meets Packrat Tendencies
I wore this dress to a wedding in 2004. I really like the color (more accurate in the first photo), but it doesn’t actually fit all that well, and it’s way outdated. So I converted it. The tank top...
View ArticleI Have a Tendency to Get a Bit Carried Away
Ten satin pillowcases? (wine red and pale pink not pictured) So many drawstring bags I’m about to stop tracking them in my custom projects database? (most of the bags are from leftover pillowcase...
View ArticleYikes
No posts at all in August? Gotta get that photo-process whipped into shape—I’ve got at least three drafts fully written, just missing photos.
View ArticleTo Do Someday
This tutorial for a lined zippered pouch looks very nice and easy. I expect to have some silk scraps someday…. These Japanese wrapping cloths look pretty cool. This crayon-roll tutorial should work...
View ArticleGotta Appreciate People Who Don’t Understand the Internet
The first dress I made, McCall’s 5799, came with pattern pieces for A, B, C, and D cup sizes, so I didn’t need to worry about a full bust alteration (FBA). But now I want to try a different dress...
View ArticleMy Turquoise Stash and Theoretical Clothes
Uploaded with Skitch! At the top, turquoise silk dupioni which I love, my first expensive fabric purchase. The brocade is actually turquoise-on-turquoise instead of the turquoise on pale gold the...
View ArticleBest Sewing Tip Ever?
Not only does this sound like a great tip, it sounds like something I can do by myself! From Cassandra commenting at Sewaholic: Princess seams are awesome if you’re very busty and can give you a...
View ArticleWow, I Actually Have Some Sewing Tips
As a very new sewist, I probably shouldn’t risk the hubris of giving tips. But some things that work for me: As a good little seamstress, I change my needle. I don’t start a new needle with every...
View ArticleTaking Stock: One Year of Sewing
I took my first sewing class on February 9th of 2010, so this seems like a good moment to look back over the year. After just one class—working on the Bernina Seams Inside Out bag—I was hooked (because...
View ArticleMe-Made in Southeast Asia
Naturally, before heading halfway across the world for two weeks, I had grand notions of sewing a entire wardrobe for the tropics, full of linen pants and such. Didn’t happen. But I did manage to make...
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