• But I can do this!

    But I can do this!

      I was all set to cut and tape my Itch to Stitch Lisbon Cardigan.  You probably know the one.  Almost everyone has already made one! I was all set to cut out this beautiful knit print that I purchased last August.  Yes, it’s a few months old, not my oldest fabric though!  This is…

  • I have to have the perfect Zippered Crossbody bag … (Part 2)

    I have to have the perfect Zippered Crossbody bag … (Part 2)

    I have really been enjoying this project!  My inspiration was the Sallie Tomato Zippy Crossbody Bag.  I started it last post here and finished it just this week. There weren’t many details to finish it off.  Let me show you how I did it …

  • I have to have the perfect Zippered Crossbody bag … (Part 1)

    I have to have the perfect Zippered Crossbody bag … (Part 1)

    I used to buy more bags than clothes.  Every time I walked past a bag shop I would stop in.  After “just stopping in” a few days in a row, I’d finally buy what I had been looking at.  Now that I think about it, I pretty much always bought bags with the same “insides”…

  • A simple, but necessary project! (And my #reSEWlutions!)

    A simple, but necessary project! (And my #reSEWlutions!)

    Perhaps you have seen these photos on my Instagram account?  It seems I can’t crochet in peace – Simon will steal my ball of yarn away and Sophie will play with the length of yarn.  This calls for a simple, but necessary project! Perhaps you have seen this advertisement on Facebook or Instagram?  This is…

  • The DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2017 WINNERS!

    The DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2017 WINNERS!

    I was so pleased to see so many lovely Designer me-made Copies entered this year!  22 sewists posted on their blogs, 35 on their Instagram accounts, and of those 18 posted on both to increase their chances!  I thank you all for planning and sewing and joining in, and thank you to those who followed…

  • VOTE for the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2017 WINNER!

    VOTE for the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2017 WINNER!

    “Why buy when you can make it yourself – better and for less money?” For an incredibly long time I have been disappointed with the choices, quality and sizing of ready-to-wear.  For years now my idea of shopping, online or in the stores, is to browse or fondle and get ideas for what I can…