Sewing and Such
I'm not one to follow fashion trends. I typically stick with the tried and true styles that last because I tend to wear my clothing until they disintegrate. I also take so long to sew something up after buying the pattern that the trends have already come and gone before I get to wear them! …
One of my favorite ladies' patterns is the Ruby Dress & Top from Made By Rae. I've made it several times (with sleeves, refashioned with knit and the too small version, refashioned men's shirt), but the moment I saw Made By Rae's divided yoke version, I had to make one! I absolutely love it, and it's …
I've been very distracted lately with life, and although I peek in on sewing social media, I haven't really been doing tons of sewing or knitting myself, so one day I decided I needed to take a morning and sew something. If you remember I've been trying to sew up more of my Seamwork patterns. …
Well, I couldn't ignore this pattern update because look at this great hemline! I tested the original Posey and Peony patterns for Sew Like My Mom awhile back, and since she's expanding many of her patterns to include tween sizing, she decided to add these patterns to that list and opened up another round of …
You know that feeling you get when you see your child's wrists sticking out a couple of inches from their sweater or sweatshirt and think to yourself, "When in the bloody world did you grow out of that?!"? I guess while I've been sewing for myself, my girl began outgrowing everything. I mean seriously, like …
Since I've had more time to sew for myself lately, I've finally been focusing more on pants fitting. Many sewists avoid it, and of course there is a big learning curve. To complicate matters, as a result of my exercising, my thigh and hip measurements have changed since my second muslin. I decided I needed …
Me too girl! This is my expression when I see my very optimistic To Sew list. Actually she's using one of those apps that turns your face into something else, and for some reason this is her favorite expression to test out each face with. Gets me rolling every time! Anyway, each year I appraise …
My first completed make this year, woohoo! Happy new year everyone! We ended last year with all of us sick, one of my girls with a black eye and the other with a fat lip and a tooth injury (haha, not to each other, but totally different accidents!). Our first day of the year was …
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I really didn't think I needed another raglan pattern for my girls, but this one is just different, right?! I really like knit top patterns that are unique and don't have that "homemade" look since my girl is getting pickier about what she wears. She's not embarrassed to wear handmade clothing, she is just becoming …
I have been subscribing to Seamwork Magazine since it began, and I have soooooo many of their patterns, yet I haven't sewn many of them up at all (I think just 1!). I seriously had to justify continuing my subscription by digging into them and sewing some up. I also decided in order to chronicle …
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