A Kalle Shirtdress Becomes a Coat

October 13, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

This week, I marked the beginning of Fall by completing my first cold-weather sewing project. My new denim walking coat was just the kind of project I needed to cope with ‘post vacation blues’. It’s a topstitching extravaganza, just the therapy I needed. Some sewists find topstitching to be stressful, but for me, the focus […]

Italy: My Favorite Linen Travel Dress

October 6, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

This linen dress was my go-to wardrobe item as I traveled through Italy. Read on for more about howI drafted this easy dress.

Travel Mix and Match: Burda Culottes with Two Linen Tops

August 25, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hi All! In two weeks, I’ll be traveling to Italy, and there’s nothing like a deadline to get you motivated to sew, sew… SEW. Although I love to travel with dresses (this linen Burda will go with me) I’m going to stretch my options a bit by packing a few mix and match separates too. […]

Making a Wiksten Haori from a Mid-Century Modern Curtain

August 16, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

This Wiksten Haori was once a curtain in someone’s house. The leaf design on this fabric is typical of the mid-century modern style. It was all about the exotic, so tropical themes were big. Vintage drapes can cost as much as $200 per panel on Ebay. One Saturday afternoon, I got lucky. I found mine […]

My ‘go-to’ outfit: wide leg pants and a safari style top

August 7, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Each season, there’s one me-made outfit that seems to rise above the rest. This one is it! A pair of cropped, wide-legged pants and a linen Fringe top – -nothing unusual or particularly earth shattering about these makes. Yet, I find myself reaching for them over and over again. Honestly, these pants are the best […]

#sewjapaneseinjuly meets #tableclothrefashion

July 31, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

July was a big month for sewing challenges. There were so many on Instagram, I coudn’t keep track of them all. For me, two challenges stood out above the rest: #sewjapaneseinjuly and #scarfrefashion, which also includes tablecloths. Yes, my last post was about a tablecloth refashion, but as you all know, one thing always leads […]

Linen Tablecoth Top for #scarfrefashion and #so50vintage

July 21, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram, I must admit. I love seeing everyone’s makes but I find the limitations imposed by the IG algorithm to be so frustrating. Sometimes, my feed is so edited by Instagram, I don’t see the content I choose. Nevertheless, as you all know, I do love a good sewing […]

New Pattern Release: Sew Over It Bonnie Top/Dress

July 10, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hi All – – When I saw the sketches of the new Bonnie Top from Sew over It London I was thrilled. If you’re like me, you have a closet full of high waisted pants/skirts, but no tops to go with. I knew that this lovely ‘cropped’ top would fill a hole in my wardrobe. Not […]

An Easy Burda Dress You Can Sew in Two Hours

July 3, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

This dress was a spur of the moment project. I decided the morning of an event that I wanted a new dress to wear that afternoon. There’s nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh?! It’s too bad that #Jiffyjune is over because, honestly, this project has jiffy written all over it. It took less […]

The Last Sewing Blogger to Make the Burnside Bibs

June 29, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m very late to the party here. I bought the Burnside Bibs pattern by Sew House Seven when it first came out. I had big plans to make them ASAP. Well, that was three years ago and, YIKES, I’m just now getting around to trying them. I hesitated to be honest. I really loved the […]

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