I like to have dark denim stretchy pants to wear, and actually wore these to work. I do tend to over-dress at work compared to my counterparts, but sometimes if no one is really coming in I will wear something like this to work. My version of jeans. This is a basic straight-leg pattern with […]
22 May 28-Jun 3 Sew a Swimsuit This is a swimsuit that I cut out LAST summer. This could be in a WIP, as well. This pattern is a mix of my own bottoms pattern and the 5 out of 4 Patterns Agility Tank. I made this pattern several years ago, and like having separates […]
Week 26 – Jun 25-July 1 Clean your Sewing Space/WIP I cleaned the space as some of my daughter’s college friends were coming for a visit. I wanted to let them each have a room, but they ended up just staying in my son’s open room. At least I got it cleaned up…it needed it: […]
Luckily I had some Ren Faire outfit stuff to make. Which is outdoors. I made a few umbrella holders since it was going to be hot. Minor amount of sewing, but some sewing. I made three of them for oiled paper umbrellas. I just took what leather scraps I had to find pieces large enough […]
February was a bit harder to get things done. I had a hysterectomy later in February, but earlier in the month I also got sick. Then I got sick AGAIN later in March, which I am still struggling getting better. These do not go well together. Coughing with abdominal surgery is no fun. Painful, so, […]
I want to get back in the groove and get some sewing done. There is a group in Facebook that has a sewing theme each week. For January these themes are: 1 Jan 1-7 Clean your Sewing Space/WIP2 Jan 8-14 Sew Your Newest or Oldest Fabric3 Jan15-21 Sew Something for Comfort or Warmth4 Jan 22-28 […]
Okay, so not all of this was 2024. Most of it was 2024. Skirt: Skirt block with a green stretch ponte that I purchased locally. I made this 4 years ago. Top: Self-drafted boxy top with one of my fabric designs in Modern Jersey Dress: This is one of my fabric designs on a Modern […]
2024 is going to be the year of refresh in our house. I’m hoping. But probably not, since it is November. I did get a few things done earlier in the year, though, so I’m going to get those posted. I have all sorts of plans on my Todoist list for things I want to […]
This is a pretty simple outfit, but the main feature is the pockets on the pants. Pockets are always good. I drafted it to put elastic in the top and then gather the bottom. I wanted it to lay flat, but work on a heavy knit. The bottoms here are french terry bamboo knit and […]
The last few years have been quite…trying. Some health issues left me anemic and with low iron, so I had no energy, really. I have not been actively sewing since really around the time Covid hit. I mean…I sewed a bunch of masks, but not a lot of pleasure sewing. I used to sew, if […]
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