Earlier this week, I purchased the PDF for the Washi dress pattern. This may be the first Indie pattern where I thought the designer had done an outstanding job of presenting the instructions and tiled pattern pieces. Kudos Rae. I could still think of a few things I might have done differently to improve tiling (why is… Continue reading Washi Dress Full Bust Adjustment
I finished making this yellow and grey (grellow) check top on Sunday. I was trying to play with the check. It’s pin tucked in the yoke and finished with a contrast grey spotted bias binding. I also added the check as a bias hem band. I’m not sure if I like it. I need better… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Sewing, Pattern Matching Across Seams, Met Gala
My first week of Me Made May 2016. I had me some fun. Me Made May 1 Me Made: Pilvi Coat, Elsa Tote, Jane dress. Store bought: Levis jeans, Clarkes shoes, M&S undershirt, Urban Outfitters sunglasses Comments: I love this outfit! Feel great in it, and like a celebration of spring. I wear this dress a… Continue reading Me Made May First Week
I finished a few new bags in the last couple of weeks. Here is how I added the leather handles to my Lotta Jansdotter Elsa Tote. Leather Handles To be honest ~ adding these screwed leather straps was a pain. I bought these 3mm wide, 127cm saddlery leather straps at Artisan Leather. They were good quality, the… Continue reading Leather Handles for My Elsa Tote Bag
I’m having lots of fun with Me Made May ’16. I wore my new embroidered bag for the first time this week and documented it on Tuesday. I’m also wearing my own shirt and fave Texas birthday cowboy boots. I’ll be doing weekly round-ups of my me made outfits, Mondays on my blog, and daily… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Me Made May Fun
I wanted a bright and Springy accessory to wear with my velvet Pilvi coat. I feel that a red scarf can take this coat into winter, but a bright green or yellow makes it more suitable for Spring. I didn’t want anything too big, since I want the pattern of the coat to take centre stage. I had some… Continue reading Charm Shawl Paired With Pilvi Coat
Me Made May’16 is a challenge designed to encourage people who sew/knit/crochet/refashion/upcycle garments for themselves to wear and love them more. The me-made challenge has been taking place for six years. I participated at the tail end of last May but this year I’m going whole hog. Everyone decides what their own challenge will be, so that the month is appropriate and… Continue reading Me Made May 2016
I finished my first Pilvi Coat and I think I love it. I’m wearing it, indoors, right now. I like the idea of just throwing it on over a t-shirt and jeans, and feeling “dressed”. A medium weight cotton is great for my lifestyle. Just the right comfort level and the sleeves are short enough that… Continue reading Finished Pilvi Coat in Cotton Velvet
I finally finished attaching the leather strap to my red tote bag. I’ll give more details in an upcoming post. I also finished my Pilvi coat in the cotton velvet. I’ll have more about that on Saturday. I bought myself some denim check to make the Merchant & Mills Strand coat pattern. I received the Strand pattern, and have read… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: Looking At The Strand Coat Pattern
The internet is full of tutorials for Hong Kong seam binding, but I’m adding mine to the pool because I don’t like the way I see it demonstrated on most sites. I hadn’t done any Hong Kong binding in a while and wanted to refresh my memory before I made my Pilvi Coat. I looked… Continue reading Hong Kong Binding: How-to
When my 21 year old daughter was small, she had learning difficulties that made it very difficult for her to learn to read. All she ever wanted to do was hear stories. We understood that even if she couldn’t read, it was good for her to be in the habit of listening. We read to… Continue reading Podcasts Are Glorious
It took no time to whip up this toile. The sewing probably took all of 15 minutes. Pattern adjustments and cutting out may have taken slightly longer, but worth it. I’m going to start calling this a toile again. Every time I type “make a muslin” or “photograph muslin” into my phone to-do list,… Continue reading Pilvi Coat Toile
