• It’s distressing.

    It’s distressing.

    Let me tell you what I have been doing off and on for the last couple of months… Way back, way, way back in the beginning of December, I started a Craftsy course, “Sewing Designer Jeans” with Angela Wolf.  I enjoyed the course and was excited to start my own jeans.  I had in my pattern…

  • 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…

  • We interrupt this program to bring you…

    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 …

    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…

  • It’s Jungle January!

    It’s Jungle January!

    and I thank you, Pretty Grievances, for hosting this Adventure! Pretty Grievances invites us all to join Jungle January so we can “add animal to our life”.  I don’t think I have ever worn or even owned any Jungle prints.  I almost thought I wouldn’t be able to bag anything before Jungle January was over!  Animal prints are…

  • More studying! … Skirt Fitting Shell …

    More studying! … Skirt Fitting Shell …

    It’s not really my first garment of 2015, I certainly wouldn’t wear it outside the house, but it is a really important one.  A while ago I measured and drafted my Bodice Fitting Shell from Vogue pattern V1004. During my time off work over Christmas, I continued with my studies using my Craftsy courses “Fast-Track Fitting” and…