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DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER! I have a new designer to follow!
Elle Gee Makes has posted her DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER garment and I have found a new designer to follow! On her blog, Elle Gee Makes has shown us her DESIGNER GARMENT… an adorable top by Alberta Ferretti.
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DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER! First to Cross the Finish Line!
Today, I have the first to cross the finish line in the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER Challenge! Let me introduce you to Linda of Remake Remodel Recycle! On her blog Linda has showed us her DESIGNER GARMENT … A collection of floral’s from Milan Fashion Week!
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It really is BLACK!
Honestly, why is BLACK so difficult to photograph? It must just suck in all the light around it! Anyway… I have finished my 4th pair of pants, black ones, after spending extensive time with the muslin and making three pairs after that. I thought my blue pair was my favourite – best fitting and lovely fabric. Those…
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and the winner is!
I just took a break from my mending. Yes this weekend it is mending – boring! – to write all your names from last week’s Give away post on pieces of paper, put them all in a hat (actually a bowl that had two cookies in it previously and now holds nothing but folded names and crumbs)…
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I have proper photos … and a Give Away!
Perhaps you remember my “Sister’s Sewing Projects“, so far I have made three skirts. I have a Mother of the Groom dress half-finished and three other dresses to cut out yet – the Mother of the Groom dress is the most important, obviously! I want to share with you the proper “model” photos of my…
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Betcha by Golly ya thought it was gonna be about a UFO!
You know how it is. You finish a garment and there is something that is not quite right about it. So you put it aside for later… and there it sits. Two weeks ago, I posted about my finished blue pants. The only problem is that I sewed the invisible zipper in too close and…
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Two of the “Oldest UFOs” in the World!
Yes, I promised you. Here is it. A while ago, I bought two jacket patterns and some lovely red polyester knit, not too stretchy, and a green embossed polyester. At least I think they are polyester – I can’t even remember where or when I bought them, let alone anything else about them. But I…
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The Good News … and the Bad News.
The Good News … I’m feeling better, even though my nose doesn’t. I felt good enough to spend most of this weekend sewing. Yippee! You might remember, I left off with the slash pockets being completed on my third pair of pants (out of the four I want to make for myself). Gotta love that RTW…