You may recall, last weekend I cleaned out and organized my closet. The bug spread because every member of our household did the same! I ended up with 3 1/2 garbage bags full of gently used clothing, shoes, winter and fall coats, etc. Now I have heard of other sewists/bloggers being lucky enough to stroll into…
Category: Vintage patterns
We interrupt this program to bring you…
… a special bulletin. Yes, you know it already… In last week’s post, I asked you which vintage sewing pattern should be my first in the Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge 2015. The winner, with 64% of the vote is … McCall’s M7238! One of my sister’s “old” patterns and apparently the one she sewed up for…
Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge and MAGAM …
I can’t turn down a good Challenge! I have slowly realized that I am not one to make New Year’s Resolutions … in life or in my sewing. Instead, I just blather away about all the things I want to try this year … sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t … sometimes I plan…
Almost a year of blogging …
… and I am STILL here! No you’re not getting rid of me that fast. Once me and “Dolly” got hooked up, there was no stopping us! We seem to be enjoying ourselves too much!! Planning, sewing, posting, reading your posts, learning, being inspired, reading and replying to comments … this addiction just goes on and…
So what do you do?
When I was young I loved browsing through the Sears catalogue. I would look through page by page and mark all the things I wanted to create my brand new wardrobe. Is it no wonder I decided that the best way to display and store my sewing patterns is in binders and boxes. Now I…
Next? Diving into knits!
Last time I sewed anything with a knit fabric I was in grade 10. (That was a long, long time ago!) It was a heavy 100% polyester knit and it was solid pink! Very cool indeed! I made a t-shirt style top and hipster pants, almost a perfect match for this McCalls 3280. Can you…