Tag: Vogue

  • Designin’ December 2022 MORE Prize Sponsors!

    Designin’ December 2022 MORE Prize Sponsors!

    Hey there! Have you got your Designin’ December 2022 plans made yet? We all know I have my embroidered jeans all sorted out with this Helen’s Closet Arden pants pattern… still haven’t cut into my denim though! 🙂 I have also chosen my top fabric, a mysterious satiny fabric from my stash. Don’t know where…

  • Designin’ December 2022 Prize Sponsors!

    Designin’ December 2022 Prize Sponsors!

    How is your Designin’ December planning going? I’ve got my jeans pattern and fabric worked out. I think! I am inspired by this Etro embroidered skinny jean design. I can use my Helen’s Closet Arden pants pattern and my light-weight light blue denim to make them. These items were in my stash so I was…

  • I Finally Finished My Jeans After Two Years!

    I Finally Finished My Jeans After Two Years!

    This time it was my jeans!!!  They were cut out of a black denim in 2019.  I can’t remember what type of denim it was or where I purchased it.  Sorry!  That was so long ago!  I do know that I used Vogue 8774, which I have used many times successfully.  I made them from…

  • My Designin’ December … and a few more!

    My Designin’ December … and a few more!

    In addition to the previous entries posted here and here and here and here, I would like to show you a few more! On Instagram @sewmuchtodesign was inspired by a jacket by Maisie Wilen, a top by Arket and pants by Free People! Also on Instagram @dezignsby was inspired by Isabel Marant to knit her own sweater…

  • More Designin’ December, including my own!

    More Designin’ December, including my own!

    Isn’t it amazing how many entries there have been!!! I’m going to show you a few more! Saba Lodhi from our Designin’ December Facebook Group has her Designer Original by Jason Wu. and her Designer Copy! @thesewinggoatherd or her blog The Sewing Goatherd and the Designer Original that inspired her to make her Mother’s Mother…

  • Sewing Jeans:  Pockets and Fly Front

    Sewing Jeans: Pockets and Fly Front

    I’ve started on my Jeans! The fabric has been cut out and sitting in pile for a little while now. It’s about time! I’m using Vogue V8774 and a black denim with a bit of a stretch. I’ve made Jeans before here, and I already have a matching denim jacket here. This will be my…

  • How many ways are there to sew a pocket?

    How many ways are there to sew a pocket?

    I’ve started the first garment of my #makenine2019! Top left corner … my jean jacket … … with a cool twist! I want it to look as close as possible to the one my Inspiration is wearing! (the lady on the left) I don’t want to use leather though and I can only assume what…

  • Are you ready for DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2018?

    Are you ready for DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2018?

    Have you picked out your Designer Original and the fabric you need to make your Designer me-made COPY?  Or are you just in the planning stages – don’t worry … there’s lots of time to sew before DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2018! Ever since the first DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER (2015) I’ve seen many fabulous garments in stores, magazines, online, on social media, on runways … so…