Category: 1000 Things to Do with a Sewing Machine
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Still working on my Indie Patterns…
Read More: Still working on my Indie Patterns…And I am sooo enjoying it! This time I am using a pattern from Skinny Bitch Curvy Chick, the Tonic 2 – with a…
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Indie Pattern Month and a 2nd “New to Me”
Read More: Indie Pattern Month and a 2nd “New to Me”Ok it’s a re-run. Is it still a New-to-me if I have made it already? I don’t care! I just wanted to show you…
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The orange extravaganza!
Read More: The orange extravaganza!A good friend and co-worker asked me to make a dress for her daughter’s year-end “graduation” from grade 8. I have had experience working…
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The Red Top – as easy as pie!
Read More: The Red Top – as easy as pie!May has been “Sew Stretchy” Month and I am enjoying sewing these knit tops. This one is Butterick B5645 sewn with a 96% polyester…
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Sew the right sides together!
Read More: Sew the right sides together!It is lovely seeing the hot weather come, even if a day of showers is thrown in every now and again! Guess that is…
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I have the right to change my mind…
Read More: I have the right to change my mind…Don’t I? I love this fabric, so soft and light and silky (ITY knit – polyester/Lycra). I thought I should make this lovely summer…
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Matching stripes!
Read More: Matching stripes!I have been thinking about matching stripes. I can think of examples when stripes and patterns don’t match in nature, and those are truly…
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So easy you could do it with your eyes closed!
Read More: So easy you could do it with your eyes closed!I have to take a slight detour in my blouse sewing schedule. I have noticed some “staples” missing in my work wardrobe – a…
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My quick fix and I am really happy with it!
Read More: My quick fix and I am really happy with it!Yesterday’s post resulted in a lovely blue cardigan, McCall’s M6802 ….. that needed some improvement. The pattern instructions suggest to leave the bottom…
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I figured it out!
Read More: I figured it out!I have been sewing up exercise clothes in a frenzy lately and looking at what’s on line and in the stores and therefore the…