Pardon the rant… I have a warm-up jacket that I use for skating. This past Sunday the zipper pull decided to disintegrate. That’s right. Disintegrate. It is currently in 5 pieces. I really don’t know what happened. One day it was fine. The next it was not. Now, if this were your run of the mill, … More I HATE Making Sewing Repairs!
While I am finishing up the detail work on my trench coat, and watching the world skating online, I thought I would ramble on about some of the other sewing (and skating) related things that occupy my attentions. I believe the fabric stash is a well studied problem amongst sewers of the internets. Let’s face … More Confession Time: My Other Stash
This was my first time placing an order with Atlanta Thread & Supply Company, and I must say overall I am quite pleased with the service. I was really excited when my big box of serger thread arrived: Box stuffed with serger cones! I was looking at the Joann’s thread after I ordered my machine, … More Happy Mail from Atlanta Thread Supply
Though I expect to be thoroughly and completely distracted during the next two weeks now that the world championships is being shown live, I have managed to make some progress on my snake print trench coat. My coat, before adding the collar. The back The sewing hasn’t taken nearly as long as the cutting and … More Trench Coat Progress Report
Although I know many of us home seamstresses are waiting for the Black Friday sewing deals, Joann is going to be having some notable sales in the week preceding the big day. Thursday November 17 – Saturday November 19:*$1.99 Butterick Patterns*$3.99 Vogue Patterns Saturday November 19 – Wednesday November 23:*$1.99 McCall’s*$1.99 Simplicity Also, November 19 – … More Pattern Sales: Butterick, Vogue, McCall’s, and Simplicity
I did a bit of a marathon cutting session, so I have a some of the coat underway! I made a couple of decisions regarding the coat construction: (1) I am going to underline the fashion fabric with muslin, just so it is a bit more weighty and a bit more wind proof. I have … More Snake Trench – Progress!
This being sick thing is not fun and not productive. While I think I got off relatively light in terms of pain and agony, the energy was totally zapped. Sitting and breathing was about all I could manage this past week, so I feel like I accomplished a lot just by finishing tracing all of … More Progress, or Complete Lack Thereof
It is time yet again for another round of pattern announcements – this time from Butterick. Like the recent McCall’s announcement, it seems like there is an emphasis on (retro) party dresses, crafty items, and PJs. Overall, I would have to say I am disappointed with this set of patterns. In fact, there aren’t any … More Newsflash – New Butterick Patterns Announced
The full preview including the model photos, garment photos, and line drawings has been posted to the Russian Burda website. All in all I would have to say I am really excited by the patterns in this magazine. Although there are not quite as many great classics as were in the October issue, and the … More Newsflash – December Burda Full Preview
The German Burda website has posted the December line drawings and garment photos. I will do my usual full review at a later point, once I can see everything in conjunction with the model photos. So far though – it is looking good. I already have found several tops, jackets, and dresses I want to … More Newsflash – December Burda Posted To German Website
