Look here…another cross-front top! This one I cut a bit too tight and it just didn’t lay right. Under a sweater it goes! Wintertime is good for hiding shit. Like those extra 10 pounds I have gained this past year. *sigh* Being in shape and keeping the weight down gets harder and harder. Guess it […]
Month: January 2014
I love cross front tops. They tend to be slimming and figure flattering. They make the girls look pretty good, which at my advanced age of “40”…’tis a good thing. I got a piece of lycra-polyester blend fabric that had a handkerchief print on it. I wasn’t sure quite what I wanted to do with […]
I have been sewing lately, so I will get some posts together for things I have made! First off, I have a few new purses I made from a pleather alligator fabric. I LOVE both of these bags. Seriously. I carry them everywhere with me. I used the basic outside measurements from bags I already […]
One of my goals in looking at all my “work worthy” fabrics was to sew up some nice lined skirts. You know…ones that have zippers and darts and linings and hand-sewn hems. The hard ones! I finally took out an old pattern, and sewed it up. This is from a gray suiting fabric with china […]
Recognize this sparkly pleather fabric? I had a bit left over from my purse, so I used it to make a new laptop bag that matches. I am all about being matchy-matchy! Unfortunately, I made a few mistakes while I was constructing this purse. First off, I thought I had a black lining fabric. Turns […]
