Archive for June, 2008
Vogue 8252 View A
Posted by Mary Beth at The Stitchery
I’ve reviewed this pattern over at Pattern Review per my friend Carolyn’s comment on the Never Ending Shirt post.
I love your blouse. I have this pattern in my stash as do many others most likely, so reviewing on pattern review might be quite helpful. I like the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Vogue 8252 ~The Never Ending Shirt Is Finally Done!~
I thought I would never finish this shirt! This is just one of those projects that seem to go on forever, know what I mean?
I wanted the vertical lines of the ruffles to elongate and balance out my smaller torso when I wear it with skirts. I think it works with the Guatemalan [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )Fabric.com Purchased by Amazon.com
Posted by Mary Beth at The Stitchery on June 26, 2008
If you landed here because of a link from Knot Sew Smart, Welcome! Please make yourself comfy and feel free to look around. This is definitely not my best post!!!!!!!!! and I was just about to delete it when it was used [...]
Straight Legged Pants: Vogue 1034 SB’s Jeans Again
Posted by Mary Beth at The Stitchery on June 20, 2008
I laid the pattern for the legs of the jeans on the grain line and used a ruler to cut straight down the grain to the hemline starting at about 3″ below the crotch line. I made the front and back pant legs equally [...]
Wild Canoe Adventure and Vogue 8442
Oh, believe me, we didn’t plan on this kind of an adventure: we were looking for slow and lazy, being tired from the latest furniture deliveries and the 2 days of driving with a 20′ trailer through the traffic in Atlanta.
We decided to Canoe the Sequatchie: ready for Gentle Thrills
Yup, that’s a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Vogue 1034 Sandra Betzina’s New Jean Pattern
Posted by Mary Beth at The Stitchery
I reviewed this pants pattern at Pattern Review if you would like to read some of the more pattern and construction oriented details and see different photos of details. Click here for the Review.
One of the (many) cool things about this pattern is the pocket extensions that run [...]
Upset
No Triple Crown winner this year.
Da’Tara Wins the Belmont! Big Brown lopes in last.
Da’Tara’s jockey Nick Zito said to Richard Rosenblatt of The Associated Press:
“These are long shots but that’s what makes racing,” Zito said yesterday outside his barn at Belmont Park. “Look, Upset beat Man o’ War [in 1919] and that’s where you [...]
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