Sewing pattern review: BWOF 09-2010-122
0 Weekend crafting - March 25th, 2012
Dear readers, if there's one dress I've sewn that I've reached for over and over again, it's my blue version of BWOF 09-2010-122. This dress is lovely, it makes me...
0 Sewing by the Seat of my Pants - March 25th, 2012
I first made BWOF 5/08 #104 back in July 2008, out of a green and black knit from Fabric.com. Here's the original pattern review. Even though the fabric wasn't the...
0 ~E Made This! - March 21st, 2012
Lining a dress is a good thing. It cuts down on wrinkling, gives the dress the right amount of body, and makes the dress more opaque. Besides the added expense...
In memory of my first refashion ...
0 Sew, I've Been Thinking ... - March 18th, 2012
I was saddened to learn of the death of Margaret Whitlam on Saturday. I grew up in Gough Whitlam's electorate of Cabramatta and I was 9 years old in 1972...
Burda 10-2011-123, Wrap Dress with Flounce
0 The Slapdash Sewist - March 14th, 2012
When I was in New York a couple years ago, Kashi talked me into some gorgeous but expensive ($18/yd) double-sided wool. The right side is a beautiful lustrous turquoise, and...
All I've got to show for my time ...
0 Sew, I've Been Thinking ... - March 12th, 2012
This is going to be a bit of a rant. Of all the compromises I expected in moving to Tasmania, not being able to buy BASIC sewing supplies was not...
0 and sew it seams ........ - March 4th, 2012
I'm probably the last person in the universe to get around to this dress pattern. 2008!! Anyway, this dress gets the thumbs up on Pattern Review, and from me too...
Finished: BWOF 11-2007-132A and BSM 08-200-11-138
0 Another Creation - March 3rd, 2012
The Outfit See sidebar or click for review: Skirt BlouseIt seems like a long time since I've sewn a coordinating top and bottom. I haven't been able to find coordinating pieces of...
February 2012: Month End Review
0 Sewing by the Seat of my Pants - March 3rd, 2012
Which should be subtitled "from the sublime to the ridiculous." And I'm not saying which of my major February projects is which. The photo above is my friends' little girl, recipient of...
Burda 01-2009-110, Mock Wrap Top
0 The Slapdash Sewist - March 2nd, 2012
I have been wanting to make Burda 01-2009-110, a mock wrap top with a side panel, since it came out in the magazine. I even traced it about a year...
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