• My quick fix and I am really happy with it!

    Yesterday’s post resulted in a lovely blue cardigan, McCall’s M6802 ….. that needed some improvement.   The pattern instructions suggest to leave the bottom and collar edge rough or to hem the bottom and collar edge up as usual.  The problem with that is the bottom hem continues up into the collar hem, which then…

  • Did I do okay? Part two… and a quick Cardi for the cold office!

    I am going to try it again.  Like always, if you don’t like it the first time, keep trying until you are happy with the results.  I traced my first pattern in my lifetime here. It was good, but not great.  So I try again, this time with tracing paper from the art section of…

  • I figured it out!

    I have been sewing up exercise clothes in a frenzy lately and looking at what’s on line and in the stores and therefore the most fashionable.  I found a pretty gathered fold over waistband on a pair of $62.00 (Canadian) name brand yoga pants and I just wanted them – not for $62.00 though!  I…

  • Thank you!!

    It arrived!  It arrived!  Today my embroidery patch arrived in the mail – my winnings in Sewing with Scooby Snacks Give Away! (You might have to take a peek at her blog for a better photo of her stitchery!  I never realized how bad my camera was!) But it is lovely and I have a…

  • So I guess if you lose your voice, it’s time to write a blog post?

    Lying here on the couch, watching TV and reading other blogs, fighting off my cold with hot chicken soup, hot tea and a chocolate bar (a recommended cure, honestly!), I have decided I might as well write up one of my own on what I put together last week. Perhaps you remember my sister, Bon-Bons &…

  • Just ignore me… I’m trying out Bloglovin!

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  • Diving into knits! Part Two

    Back on schedule again!  Perhaps some of you remember my other “Diving into knits”  post? I have been using McCall’s 4261. I sewed up my red T shirt, it was such an easy pattern to put together, but I think now it might be too nice to workout in! Now on to my blue yoga…

  • My first “up cycle”?

    My sister’s co-worker is traveling to Mexico very soon to avoid our rainy winter – the rain just goes on and on and on…  She asked my sister if I would be willing to sew her “tankini” for her before she leaves.  Sure, I love a new project! What we have here is her tankini top…