Archive for May, 2009
Memorial for Tessa
Tessa has passed away. My email name for her was Tessa PR Buddy. She has posted 53 reviews as “Tessa” at PatternReview.com and made many gentle guiding comments on the message board over this past decade. She was most active during the first 5 years at PR and focused her reviews on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 10 so far )Kimono Studies with MIL’s Japanese Stash and Ebay Purchases
1st: Happy Mother’s Day! A peony for you all
Thinking about a kimono for me, I realized I hadn’t shown you some post War II Japanese fabrics from my late Mother-in-Law’s stash. My Father-in-Law had sent these home to his new bride and mother of his twin year old sons and brand new [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Kimono II
Please see the prior post “Kimono” for the back story of this finished kimono kindly modeled by patient Husband, O’Che’ski-san.
If you or your intended are over 5′6″ then add to the length of the pattern. I took a little less than 1.25″ hem and the kimono is close to being too short. With [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Kimono
Today I am working on a kimono for my husband. He’s a wood worker who owns a company that makes Montessori materials and furniture so he’s doing the work and being the boss all at once all day long. Very often on the weekends he’s a salesman or a delivery truck driver.
Yesterday [...]
Night Gown or Lounging Set from KwikSew 3179
I won KwikSew 3179 in a contest at Pattern Review a few years ago but had never sewn it up. Originally I was attracted to the wrap top aspect of it, wrap tops were the rage back then even though I have a hard time making them look good on my body style.
In 2007 [...]
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