Wee heeeee, my Cascade duffle coat is complete! And this is a big post, because hello, I sewed a coat and it took me from January to March, so there's a lot to share! Right off the bat let me apologize these aren't the greatest photos... it was as bright as could be the day we went up to northern Illinois to walk around and take pictures, and honestly it was such a beautiful day (omg spring came for the ... Read more »
Sewing
Coat toggles until the end of time
Friends: do you ever have a piece of a project that absolutely paralyzes your ability to make a decision? I don't care if it's a craft-related project, but perhaps it's writing, work, whatever. When it's a hobby however, I personally find it's very easy and sometimes fun to let myself fall down into the rabbit hole of obsessing over making a decision over minute details. Enter my toggle hell. It's the first peek ... Read more »
Light on the bottom
Hi, friends! Before I move on to today's post, I have to stop and say how much I've been loving all your comments on my last post about my new hair color and more importantly, about celebrating yourself. Thank you for all the lovely compliments, but REALLY thank you for sharing all of the things you love about yourselves!! It's been refreshing and inspiring reading what everyone wrote. Honestly if you need a little dose ... Read more »
And then there was Snow White in a glass casket on a dress
At the end of last fall I was really excited about sewing knit dresses. Until I realized that sitting around wearing knit dresses a lot meant I'd gained a few pounds and hadn't even noticed. Whoops! So that kind of soured me on them for awhile. But there's one I never shared that has a great print, and I felt like busting it out recently since I don't know about you, but I could use a bit of fun in the dark days of ... Read more »
My pattern stash interview for Vintage Pledge at Kestrel Makes
Hi everyone! If you sew, you probably already know about Vintage Pledge, which is the vintage sewing challenge being hosted this year by Marie and Kerry. I'm tickled to say that Kerry interviewed me all about my vintage sewing pattern stash, and today the interview is up on her blog! So if you'd like to see a bunch of my favorite vintage patterns, and read what draws me to vintage patterns and the like, pop on over to ... Read more »
Joan C.’s flannel skirt
I've been sewing slowly so far in 2015. Thinking about my two coat projects, taking my time, and just knitting more, I guess. But I finally finished up a skirt I've had mostly done except for the hem for nearly 2 weeks! This is my first pattern for Marie and Kerry's Vintage Pledge. I pledged to sew from 5 vintage patterns this year, which should theoretically be easily do-able! This is McCall's 3853 from 1956, a nice ... Read more »