First off, I was really excited when I got my May Burda magazine this past week. Then, as I was reading through I saw that my favorite dress is in TALL SIZES! Damn it Burda! Stop putting the best design in tall sizes! Burda I shake my fist at you and your glamazon models! This … More More Sewing Stuff
Just needed to get something off my mind, and I figured I might as well post it here. If you aren’t into the personal melodrama type blogging you can skip down a few paragraphs and read about sewing… But, first, a bit of a personal ramble: Have you ever knowingly made a stupid decision? I … More Random Thoughts and Anecdotes
Ummmmm… Ok. I am warning you guys now – MAJOR STASH ACCUMULATION PHOTOS AHEAD. We are talking serious fabric p0rn. You might have a heart attack seeing it all. I know when I got it home I almost did. And, well, even if I managed to escape the heart attack, there is serious possibility of … More Death By Fabric
I have never used or even bought anything from the Liberty of London line of fabrics. However, I do know that they are a favorite among many home sewers on the internet. So I thought I would let you all know that Michael Levine is having a 2-day 20% off sale – you can get … More Liberty of London Sale!
So, though I had decided that my stash was quite full, circumstances dictated that maybe it wasn’t quite full enough. Circumstances being the new need to sew for others (in addition to my original two competition dresses, I now have to add a third for a new event I will be skating – team dance … More Fabricliciousness
Alternative post titles were going to be something along the lines of “I Love My Mommy” or “My Mother is an Enabler.” Because last weekend when I went to the store to get more lining material for skating costumes (a necessary purchase, and mostly for my paying clients) my mother came along. And when I … More Practical Fabrics
So a while ago I posted about my Fat Tuesday Fabric Haul, and finally the rest of the fabric I had ordered has arrived! Maybe not quite as exciting, but I thought I would share anyway. I have been dreaming about a lot of the pants in the Patrones my sister brought back from Spain, … More The Rest of My Fabric Has Arrived
Ok, first of all, let me say I didn’t order all of this on Fat Tuesday. It just all happened to arrive at the same time. And let’s just say that (regardless of religious affiliations or lack thereof) the irony of the timing was not lost on me… First of all, I was ordering a … More Fat Tuesday Fabric Haul
The raincoat is practically done (I still need to finish the lining hems – I am doing those by hand so there are lots of TV watching plans for the rest of the week…) and I should be posting my review within the week. In the meantime I was able to sew up the muslin … More Burda Dress Muslin and Some More Fabric
Ok, well, I wasn’t planning on buying quite so much fabric at the end of the year, but for some reason the end-of-year sales offered up better options to me than any of the Black Friday or pre-Christmas sales did. Most of my family gave me “fabric money” as holiday gifts, and so I went … More The Last Great Fabric Haul of 2011
Doctor T Designs 