Today's blog post will be in reverse order of the title. I know, it's a teaser! ;) But first, here's a bit about my guest post! If you follow my blog and you're into sewing, then you know about Marie and Kerry's Vintage Pledge. This year, they jam packed all of July with guest posts from tons of bloggers, and I'm honored to say that my guest post was this weekend! I sewed up a cute ruffled eyelet blouse from a pattern ... Read more »
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Rock n’ roll Ginger jeans
I'm so happy to say I've tackled the ultimate wardrobe staple: jeans! Yep, my Ginger jeans are finished. And honestly, they might be my favorite thing I've sewn. I LOVE THEM. All caps kinda love. Actually there's a lot of all caps in the next couple of paragraphs, I'm that excited! :) They're not mistake-free, nor a completely perfect fit (is anything ever?). And I've done tailoring, and sewn jackets, but ... Read more »
Ginger jeans progress report
I thought I'd do a little progress report on how my Ginger jeans are going! Okay, actually a long one. Mainly for those of you who, like me, haven't sewn jeans before, or maybe you're scared to, or on the fence, or perplexed about the idea in general. Or otherwise just want to read some boring sewing nitty gritty about jeans. There's a lot of "these are awesome!" finished posts out there but I thought I'd give you a ... Read more »
Pants update: I (kind of) (maybe) have a winning combo!
Thank you all so much for all your comments and suggestions on my post about my pants fitting struggles and seemingly endless cycle of muslins to try and fix the bagginess at the back of my thighs. I really appreciate your thoughts, helpful ideas, and commiseration. After my post, I mulled over all the suggestions, did more research, and started to try out some new adjustments on one of my previous muslins (the ugly ... Read more »
Pants muslins and back of thigh wrinkles have nearly done me in
My sewing friends out there, I'm about to get all fitting saga on you. And it's about pants. I know. It's a really really really long post about pants. You've been warned. I kind of wish this were about the British use of the term pants, it would probably be more fun. Alternate post titles? How about "Fitting pants is a bitch". Or maybe "A tale of misguided adjustments". Or "I will get these pants right if it kills ... Read more »
Daydreaming about autumn sewing and knitting
Hello hello! As you may recall, I haven't had a working sewing machine now for a few weeks. It's not that the shop is even far from our house—I've just literally not had the opportunity to take it in! But oddly, that's been kind of okay (well after I stopped being twitchy about it). Work has been particularly busy so I've had less time for anything, anyway. And in the meantime, I'm getting a lot of knitting, daydreaming ... Read more »