I asked my son to pick out a style of men’s cross-body bags from several pictures I had saved. He picked this one: I made some changes, since that overlap at the sides was going to be extra layers to sew through and I knew my machine would not like it. I boxed the quarters […]
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 […]
I used paper to create this pattern, so I’m going to go with this one. It was a copy of a top I purchased and I wanted to make one similar to it for the Renaissance Festival. This is a pretty simple peasant top pattern. I did make the back lower than the front, so […]
Here are the remaining two of the February themes. Week 8: Sew something with leftover fabric Undies are my go-to for using up leftover fabrics. I try to use cotton or bamboo fabric, but some of these are poly blends. I have a lot of pieces, and I try to keep ones that I can […]
Sewing Themes I have come to the conclusion that I can’t do a month at one shot, so I am just going to post as I get things done. And it won’t be in order by date, but as they fit the theme. I’m going to try to do all of them this year as […]
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 […]
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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