Category: sewing patterns

  • It’s January … and you know what that means …

    It’s January … and you know what that means …

    It means it’s JUNGLE JANUARY 5! #junglejanuary5  Seriously, I never wore animal print until I “met” Pretty Grievances on WordPress. I always thought that animal prints were used for those lycra tops and pantsuits that Carol Burnett used to wear on her show!  (Do you remember Mrs. Wiggins?)   I was wrong!  So wrong!  Pretty Grievances, and…

  • No mistletoe, just a Christmas tree.

    No mistletoe, just a Christmas tree.

    My sister suggested I use mistletoe as a prop in my next blog photo session.  Sorry sis, I have no mistletoe, but I do have a Christmas tree and my finished DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER Copy! I decided in the beginning of the year that I wanted to copy this Designer Original top. and this Designer Original skirt.

  • One down, one to go!

    One down, one to go!

    I have been sewing my DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER copies and now that I have finished my top, I thought it was time I checked in with you.  You already know I want to make this Designer Original bell-sleeved top by Ellery Neu. I’m using McCall’s M6896, view E.  I adjusted the pattern a few weeks ago to…

  • Winnie and I go on a road trip…

    Winnie and I go on a road trip…

    and there are strange goings on in our hotel room… I spent last weekend out of town, with one night in a hotel, with nothing to keep me occupied.  Well, nothing except my 1952 Singer Featherweight 221, or “Winnie” for short.  (If you would like to learn how I acquired Winnie and all her deets,…

  • It was a cutting weekend…

    It was a cutting weekend…

    … but I had a chance to sew too! I was cutting out my DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER outfit, when I realized that I did not have any lining in my fabric stash at all!  Oh poor me, this meant a trip to the fabric shop on Black Friday weekend! I found this lovely lining.  I wish…

  • Which personality do you like the best?

    Which personality do you like the best?

    Last week I cut out my Hunter Green Chevron knit fabric (85% polyester and 15% rayon) and a white linen-look fabric from my stash (actually a fabric given to me, along with a few others, by a friend) to make my first reversible garment.  I put a lot of thought into cutting out this Chevron fabric as…