• One down, one to go!

    One down, one to go!

    Well this isn’t going to be a long post (good news for you, huh?).  But I just wanted to show you my finished black jeans.  As you probably know, I have been watching Angela Wolf’s Craftsy course, Sewing Designer Jeans, and Sandra Betzina’s Craftsy course, Pant Fitting Techniques.  I used Sandra Betzina’s Vogue pattern V2948…

  • Coming along nicely!  Sort of…

    Coming along nicely! Sort of…

    There has been a lot of sitting around this weekend, watching movies and the drizzling rain, and snacking.  Not really heavy rain, but that rain that makes you think “Do I need an umbrella or not?”  I have been staring at my sewing projects too, perhaps waiting for them to magically put themselves together.  That hasn’t happened yet….

  • Seams right!

    Seams right!

    Progress has been made on the two pairs of jeans I have been making.  If you missed the first steps, you can read about them in my post here.  I have been following a Craftsy course, “Sewing Designer Jeans” with Angela Wolf and using bits and pieces of a couple of patterns, Vogue V2948 and Vogue V8774….

  • Pattern Fail VS Eureka Moment

    Good afternoon everyone… I was going to push “publish” on my post this morning when I thought I would pause, which is always a wise thing for me to do, and catch up on my blog reading first. One of my sewing blog buddies wrote a post that I just had to show you. (I…

  • I (heart) RED!!

    I (heart) RED!!

    The Monthly Stitch Challenge in February was “Miss Bossy” telling us what solid colour we must sew up.  Miss Bossy’s commands for me were:  yellow (which makes me look like the walking dead!), blue (which I love), or RED (which I really love).  So lucky me, Miss Bossy was surprisingly kind and told me I had…

  • 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…