Clik here to view.
Poppin’ Poplin!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! You survived another year, and I made a new dress to celebrate! One of the things I look for when shopping online are fabrics that will work well together, and I had no doubts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Peacock Kaleidoscopic Neoprene!
It is said the two best days in the life of a boat owner are the day you buy the boat and the day you sell the boat. I’d like to extend the joke to writing a book…… thrilled to sign the contract, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garment 1 – Butterick 6103
The completion of Garment #1 was delayed due to the recent death of my mother-in-law, Elizabeth Neuburger. “Lib” lived to the age of 92 and remained young at heart until the end. Though boating was her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garment #2 – Pleased With My Pull-Ons
Maybe I should say Garment 2 (a) because I plan to make more. When my next birthday rolls around, I hope to be equipped with a collection of jeans. Let’s face it, there is no such thing as a simple...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garment # 3 – Warm Winter Whites
‘Twas five days before Christmas and all through the yard the creatures were glowing and waving at cars. Greetings, Dear Readers! I’m not sure when I’ve had so much fun sewing. With the tacky Christmas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Inspiration and an Arctic Blast Giveaway
If only I had waited a year before making this dress I could have had this new Vogue pattern right at my fingertips – LOL Maybe you remember when I made this dress last January 2015. Inspired by an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garment #5 – Undecided
“What are you making?” asked the dignified Mood Fabrics sales associate. “Pajamas.” I replied. “Shame on you,” he responded with a wink. The soft shirting fabric with subtle stripes seemed a perfect...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garment #7, Vogue 8379
Greetings There is viscose and there is viscose. I am wearing viscose, more specifically Poppy Abstract Stretch Viscose from Mood Fabrics. Upon reading the website’s fabric description as “wonderful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garment # 8 Butterick 6048
The photographer for Mimi’s wedding said she preferred cloudy skies and overcast days for shooting photographs and she got her wish on this cold winter day In preparing for the last Mood Sewing Network...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The New Forty # 10 and 11
If pink is the new black then I’m in luck Seriously, I can wear my new Jalie Eleonore Pull-On Jeans everyday of the week with a different top! When I returned to sewing 4 1/2 years ago, I was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Look 6057
Happiness may be a new puppy, but a new baby on the way is pure elation! Greetings from beautiful Scottsdale, AZ! We’re here celebrating Mother’s Day with our little mother-to-be and her husband. Katie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No. 15 – Little Black Dress
Greetings from Edisto Island! Hubby and I are on the grounds of the island’s historic Presbyterian Church now in its fourth century of worship, and which we found to be a perfect setting for photos. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shape It Up! McCalls 2401 Garment No. 18
“The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.” —Hubert de Givenchy Since I returned to sewing nearly five years ago, I’ve been looking for the perfect...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Online Fabric Shopping
As promised……. My July fabric order from Mood Fabrics arrived last week. (Thank you, Mood!). Receiving my fabric orders are not just exciting, but always a little intriguing. Online fabric ordering is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Look 6372
My husband and I have always been awed by the 7:15 am sun at the beach ~ so soft and scattered by the rooflines of homes as it rises, gently illuminating the water and sand. We thought this time would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Trim or Not To Trim?
Summer clothes are sew much fun to sew, I will make them until the end of the season. While writing The Tunic Bible, I developed a new appreciation, perhaps an obsession for working with trims. Using...
View ArticleClik here to view.
African Waxed Cotton Challenge
What’s better than a little black dress?…… A little black dress with a big colorful wrap! This month several members of The Mood Sewing Network are sewing African Waxed Cotton. I enthusiastically...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Style Arc Head to Toe!
This week of sewing has been all play and no work I simply love sewing with no agenda, deadlines, hardcore plans, and all of the other issues that can pile on the pressure. I have been beyond eager to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Contest and A Giveaway!
Actually the header should read a contest and two giveaways! Last month several of the Mood Sewing Network members sewed projects from African Waxed Cotton. The store liked the results so much it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mood Fabrics Giveaway!
Goodness ~ I won the Mood Fabrics African Print Facebook Challenge. Many thanks to all who voted in the contest, not just for me, but for any of the seven MSN bloggers. I’m truly flattered to have won...
View Article