Oh, That Jacket!

The iconic Chanel jacket-never goes out of style.  Here she is again in Claire Shaeffer for Vogue 8804.   Three piece sleeve (even though th...

Texting Gloves

Or typing gloves, or fingerless gloves--whichever name one puts to them.  I started the NewYear off right by sewing up two pair of these eas...

V8624

Here's a shrugg-y type jacket from Vogue, 8624.   The envelope states it has kimono sleeves, but in fact, I believe they are more dolman...

Santa Bag In Progress

Two years ago, I made my daughter a SantaBag.  I had all the "ingredients" to make two-one for her, and one for myself.  As things...

V8709 In Progress

 I'm working on V8709.    All I have to do is set in the sleeves.  The fabric is a deep olive green/white stripe, poly suiting.  Here...

Where Was My Head?

Thank you daughter, for fixing my Blogger account!  She had to do a lot of finagling to get rid of my hacker, but my Google account is now b...

It's Not Easy Being Green

Thank you for your good wishes.  I'm feeling much better and catching up with everything I didn't do for three weeks like housework,...

V8324

Here's one of my favorite blouses. Unfortunately, the photograph doesn't show it to it's advantage! I would like to have seen a...

Vogue 8090

I grabbed this jacket out of my closet this morning to wear to church. It was cold and windy--typical of our spring weather. I needed someth...