Here we are at Week 3 and a touch of vintage! Well, I am not really a vintage dresser, so I had to think of what I wanted to make for this theme. In looking at the different silhouette’s, I do favor the pencil skirts and suit tops of the 40’s. I am not a […]
Well, here we are again! This week we are supposed to upcycle from a ready made garment. I wasn’t sure what I had and thought I would have to go to a thrift store to find something. That would have negated my intention to not buy ANYTHING for this contest, as I have way too […]
Well, hey there! Here we are kicking off Skirt Fixation’s Adult Create Week 1. The theme this week is nature inspired, so I finally, finally am sewing up this piece of fabric I got from a world traveler friend. She and her family are in the foreign services and were stationed in Mozambique at the […]
Last Fall, as part of the CAbi line they had arm warmers. One was in a nice ponte knit and one was ponte and “fleather” (fake leather…sounds classier than saying pleather, I guess). They weren’t too bad for CAbi prices at around $35 – $45, but I could obviously make these so much cheaper. I […]
So, yeah…not quite sure what to call this thing. I have a similar style shirt in a knit that I purchased. It is black and knit and is a great layering piece. I copied the lines of that shirt, with some additions after seeing this CAbi shirt-jacket: It really is a nice piece. It is […]
I finally got up the nerve to sew up a proper lined blazer. They are a lot of work these things. I had to tell myself to take my time and not rush through it, since I like to sit down and get through a project start to finish in one sitting. That didn’t happen […]
The newest trend in fashion seems to be putting leather on just about everything. I like. I have bought some leather pieces, and one of them is this Perfection Fused Leather. You buy it by the yard, and not by the hide, so it is obviously some sort of man-made creation. It is thin like […]
I am currently playing stash game at SewingMamas.com, which is to try to get us to sew up some of our stash and NOT buy more fabric. Mildly successful with that one. I have really nowhere to wear this satin dress, but it is pretty. I have made plenty of dresses for Anya that she […]
I finally got my version of this skirt done. This is a skirt that is listed on Etsy. I checked it out and wasn’t a huge fan on how she placed the ruffles on her skirt, plus the edges look like they were just serged and not hemmed. This is my version: The skirt […]
I am not a big pinner on Pinterest, but I do pin things that interest me or things I would like to make. My little personal challenge this year was to make at least one thing from my Pinterest “to make” board each month. I already made this scarf, which was a December project. That […]
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