The Great White Shirt

I joined the above sew along at PR. I had scoured the Internet, looking for embellishment ideas for white shirts. I found one shirt at Coldw...

Simplicity 2701 In The Closet

I finished this jacket for my daughter, and here it is on her. The jacket turned out well. No problems. I did take 1/2" off the sleeve ...

A Bit of Progress

I'm a slow sewer. Even when the goddess of good sewing is in my room with me. Slow. When something isn't exactly right, it gets re-...

Talkin' Techniques--Do You Chimizi?

No, it's not a dance, or an exercise or a new diet program! It's--thread! I love decorative/embellishment sewing techniques. Threads...

Simplicity On Line

There are some new Simplicity patterns on their website, should anyone be interested. There is a dress with matching coat that I like very ...

Fabric and Patterns

What could be better? While I'm waiting on the red fabric to arrive for DD's jacket, I added a bit to my stash. As much as I complai...

Fitting Finished

Here's the muslin of S2701 on my daughter. Good fit. This jacket meets at CF with a loop closure. Pleat at CB. There aren't a lot of...

ReStylin'

My Creative Clothing Club often poses challenges. There are several going on right now--fabric flowers, B5249 skirt, CJ Patterns, etc. One o...

One Lovely Blog Award

http://catsandcalico.blogspot.com/ awarded the "Lovely Blog Award". Thank you so much. The rules, as follows, are to pass it on t...

T-shirts Revisited

Last week, I got zero sewing done. I was out of the house a lot and busy. One day I went to Creative Clothing Club, which is always fun. Thi...