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McCall’s M7324: Part II of my Adventures with Border Print Fabric!
This is the last of my lovely denim border print fabric. 🙁 I’ve already made a pair of summer cropped pants with it, details here. I had just enough left to squeeze a top out of it! I decided to use this pattern, McCall’s M7324, view A. I definitely won’t be using the curved…
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Just ONE more sewing machine … a review of the Janome HD3000
I used my Janome 3160QDC (my baby) during my last bag making session. It worked well with a Jeans needle, but there was an “oh oh” moment when my machine was going through a few particularly thick layers of fabric and fleece and it made a strange “whirring” noise. I backed off, stopped pushing it so…
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“Thanks for Not Guffawing” by Pattern Pandemonium
Quite often I find myself lurking around a blog or two reading post after post after post – entertaining myself! Lurking around Jay’s “Pattern Pandemonium” recently, I became quite impressed … She Did the Math! and the answer was a bit scary. Have a read for yourself …
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McCall’s M7364 – A simple sewing pattern!
I’ve always got an eye out for border print fabric and when I saw this 100% cotton denim – EMBROIDERED – I could not resist! I bought enough for a pair of casual summer pants and a summer top. It has been quite hot here lately (but unfortunately smokey from forest fires) so I am…
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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…
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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…