Archive for July, 2009
Mystery Man: Fluff Chance
I don’t claim to understand the economics of the fashion industry and its retailers. I tend to par down the fashion shows to one or two designers for closer scrutiny.
Oh, I keep trying to educate myself and part of that education is to read, read, read. I read books and blogs, [...]
Freedom Quilting Bee
I receive email information each week from The Frist Center.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located in the fabulous Broadway Post Office, 919 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, is hosting a Meet the Members of the Freedom Quilting Bee tomorrow. Never heard of them? Read below to learn the connection between sewing [...]
Slippery Stash Management
These are the main shelving units that my husband made for me when I moved into The Stitchery. They are made from 3/4″ baltic birch and are 17″ deep by 30″ wide by 77 inches tall. Because they are made of a solid wood they handle packing in the fabric and support heavy [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 14 so far )Slash and Burn at the Stash
I am engaged in a slash and burn of the fabric stash at The Stitchery.
In the early days of my online shopping I made quite a few mistakes. The major mistake was believing that I’d make all our clothes, including those needed for trekking through the woods or doing the landscaping. [...]
Butterick 5333 Show and Tell
I’ve finally gotten my thing done over at The Sewing Divas but I’m too darned lazy at this moment to do a review at Pattern Review or to say much more here.
I really should be cleaning up or filing patterns or cutting the next project but I am sitting…here…semi-comatose…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
OK here’s a pix-y peek: [...]
Vintage 1940’s Women’s Western Shirt
Edited July 22, 2009, to add this lovely email received from Janet at Decades of Style:
Hi Mary,
I have some notes I wanted to send you about pattern #4008. They are as follows:
The pattern has a very slim tailored fit. For a contemporary fit with more ease, make one size larger than your measurements indicate. There [...]
Rock Me and Sooth my Soul!
I’ve been sewing up a storm, rocking out on making a wardrobe, my mini swap I guess. It’s an unending affair and I mean affair in the romantic sense. Almost anyway.
Even though there is no evidence of it to be seen either here at The Stitchery or at The Sewing Divas, [...]
Leggings
Ah, the thing about age and appropriate dress…I have so many “shoulds” and “shouldn’ts” running in the background so quietly that I am almost unaware of the rules…and leggings on a woman over 55 is one of them. That’s a rule of fashion, right? I thought so. Until this happened this morning:
So, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 11 so far )Simplicity Jackpot Scissors
You must buy these scissors!!! You won’t be sorry. Promise!
I fell for the advertising that Simplicity sent out a couple of weeks ago: buy a pair of Jackpot Scissors and get a free angled tweezers. I am always looking for tweezers and scissors, no matter that I have at least one set [...]
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