The hissy two-part shimmering black snake finally hatched. I tried really hard to get her to this year’s Jungle January Party, but Brain Freeze said No. It didn’t help that I picked two styles of garment that I haven’t tried before. And even she’s made with my Mom’s Kabuki sized top & skirt, there still […]
Next couple of projects on my plate are two I planned for this Year Of The Skirts: the 2nd & 5th from the left below… So I better catch you up on more tweaks (yes again!) to my skirt blocks. A while back I drafted & muslined my Pencil Skirt & “Straight Skirt” (looks more […]
I wish I could join in with all the Top 5s you gals are posting. But this very first year-end-round-up of mine has turned out to be rather disappointing. I felt like I’ve been sewing a lot more this year. But really I only average just 1.25 finished project a month.Not really enough to have […]
While in NYC I also stock up on some useful supplies. Some because they’re hard to find in London. Others because I’m curious or the price is right. Extra large sheet of wax carbon paper. I’ve tried the usual carbon paper sold to home sewers but kept going back to a couple I picked up […]
My first sewing project post redecorating is a simple restyling of an old H&M leopard print slip dress. It never fitted properly on the top. Plus with typical London Summers, there wasn’t much chance of this Tropical Baby wearing it as a slip dress. So it was mostly worn under a black tee. But the […]
