Category: I made it!! 2015

  • Filling the Gaps!  (and catching up on my #mmmay15)

    Filling the Gaps! (and catching up on my #mmmay15)

    Oh the weather was so lovely today!  I just couldn’t sit down to post!  🙂  But the sun is fading now so let’s talk… When I cleaned up (and out) my closet, I realized that I had some gaps in my wardrobe – last weekend I finished my black top and this weekend my red.  I…

  • A SHOUT OUT TO MARY ANN!  (and my #mmmay15)

    A SHOUT OUT TO MARY ANN! (and my #mmmay15)

    A few days ago I was speaking with Mary Ann, the accountant at our office, about the “world” of sewing and sewing blogs.  She asked me how I started and I told her that for about a year before I started blogging, I was just a sewing blog stalker.  Then I felt bad only clicking and…

  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle … Refashion?  (and my #mmmay15)

    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle … Refashion? (and my #mmmay15)

    In preparing for Me-Made-May’15, I discovered a few things when cleaning up my closet a few weeks ago.  Such as: I still have the shoes that I wore to my wedding almost 27 years ago in a box in my closet.  I find that amazing for some reason.  I put them back safely. I have…

  • You are too late to see the “birds”!

    You are too late to see the “birds”!

    The April challenge for The Monthly Stitch WAS “put a bird on it”! Well it is too late for that now … my cats chased after them and they all flew away – all that’s left is the feathers! Guilty as charged!  Just look at them!

  • ALL DONE!

    ALL DONE!

    Seriously!  MY. JEANS. ARE. ALL. DONE! I haven’t had too much trouble finishing them off and I love the look and fit of the cotton lycra fabric.  I pieced them together with these patterns:  Vogue V2948 and  Vogue V8774, along with watching these Craftsy courses:  Angela Wolf’s Sewing Designer Jeans and Sandra Betzina’s Pant Fitting…

  • One down, one to go!

    One down, one to go!

    Well this isn’t going to be a long post (good news for you, huh?).  But I just wanted to show you my finished black jeans.  As you probably know, I have been watching Angela Wolf’s Craftsy course, Sewing Designer Jeans, and Sandra Betzina’s Craftsy course, Pant Fitting Techniques.  I used Sandra Betzina’s Vogue pattern V2948…

  • I (heart) RED!!

    I (heart) RED!!

    The Monthly Stitch Challenge in February was “Miss Bossy” telling us what solid colour we must sew up.  Miss Bossy’s commands for me were:  yellow (which makes me look like the walking dead!), blue (which I love), or RED (which I really love).  So lucky me, Miss Bossy was surprisingly kind and told me I had…

  • More studying! … Pants Fitting Shell …

    More studying! … Pants Fitting Shell …

    I know, it’s been a long project!  In October I made my Bodice Fitting Shell and in January I made my Skirt Fitting Shell.  Finally, I have finished my Pants Fitting Shell. Like before, again I had the help of a Craftsy course – this time Pants Fitting Techniques by Sandra Betzina and her Vogue Pattern…