Category: I made it!! 2018

  • What do you think?

    What do you think?

    Last week I showed you my Rosie© bag … I’m going to call it “Portrait style”.  This week I’m going to show you my Rosie© bag “Landscape style”.  But I have a simple question … Do you prefer your cross body bags long and skinny (Portrait style) or do you prefer your cross body bags…

  • The Rosie© bag

    The Rosie© bag

    I’ve always got my eye out for “the perfect bag”.  Even when I bought RTW I stuck to the same couple of perfectly functional bags – wrapped in different materials and styles to change things up. Now that I am making my own, I am attempting to find the perfect bags for myself.  I am…

  • McCall’s M6503 – What do you think?

    McCall’s M6503 – What do you think?

    Last post I mentioned that I had finished my “May Flower” dress, a theme provided way back in May by the #magamsewalong on Instagram.  I had a wonderful floral 100% rayon fabric and one of my favourite patterns, McCall’s M6503.  I wasn’t too pleased with the dress when finished though.  I don’t know how I…

  • Back again!  Are you bored with me yet?

    Back again! Are you bored with me yet?

    That’s good, because it looks like I’m only getting started … seems like I have been bitten by the “bag bug” and have made another.  My sister gave me a box of upholstery fabric (the cat “Sophie” is all mine) and I made my first bag with fabrics from it, my tote bag, which I…

  • A UFO – not lost, but found!

    A UFO – not lost, but found!

    Last weekend I attacked with renewed energy one of the UFOs I found when I was analyzing my #MMMay2018 results and inventorying my fabric.  (Found?  First I would have to I admit it was lost!  Never!) I had previously made a Designer me-made Copy of a GAP tank top for my sister with a beautiful…

  • McCall’s M5974 – My first time wearing Orange …

    McCall’s M5974 – My first time wearing Orange …

    I do like this fabric.  But this is the first time I have had Orange in my closet.  I guess it is okay for the warm, sunny summer months?  It was just beautiful outside when I started taking photos of my finished Orange dress, until the wind picked up! For my #sewtogetherforsummer Challenge I asked…

  • What to do with a box of upholstery fabric …

    What to do with a box of upholstery fabric …

    In my quest for the perfect bags, which seems to be a never-ending quest, I have been looking at plenty of styles and sizes, and learning a lot along the way!  My sister was kind enough to provide to me an overflowing box of upholstery fabrics she found while cleaning up and clearing out during…

  • Sewaholic Yaletown – #sewtogetherforsummer Wrap Dress

    Sewaholic Yaletown – #sewtogetherforsummer Wrap Dress

    I’m done!  Just in time for the sunshine too!  This was an easy pattern to make.  I love it!  I’ve made a Sewaholic Yaletown before here.  It was even easier this time as I already had the pieces traced and was very familiar with the pattern.  So when @rocco.sienna, @sewsarahsmith and @sewing_in_spain announced their Instagram…