Hello dear readers! In honor of reaching 200 followers—well, 226 now!—and my 32nd birthday (thats Friday, June 1st!) Id like to offer a somewhat unusual sewing giveaway. The prize: A simple digital c...
It may not look all that impressive, but somehow in the midst of illustration commissions and traveling and work and a toddler sleep strike, Ive been making slow but steady progress on my two knittin...
Our family is off on another little trip for a few days (to Boston for my grandmothers 90th birthday party and my husbands 39th birthday), but in the meantime, I did finish up one of the sewing illus...
The challenge: Design and sew a wedding dress... In less than three weeks. For a bride youve never met and cant measure or get measurements from. So: ADJUSTABLE. With little to less money (i.e. what ...
The challenge: Design and sew a wedding dress... In less than three weeks. For a bride youve never met and cant measure or get measurements from. With little to less money (i.e. what you can scrounge...
Oops, did I say "sewing table"? I meant "drawing table"--or more precisely, computer desk, since I draw directly into my Mac. Im back from a fabulous trip to San Francisco but there w...
Masheka and I on our last trip to San Francisco, in 2007 Great news, everyone! Were taking an actual family vacation (before the little one turns two and cant fly for free) for a week to one of our f...
Really, is there anything MORE fun than sitting around relaxing on a Sunday evening with a bunch of talented seamstresses, eating delicious food, talking sewing (and even knitting) plans and projects...
High Waisted Denim Love by m1khaela featuring highwaisted jeans "But you dont want to wear MOM jeans, do you?" Said my mom, to me, after a frustrating hour-long jeans try-on-a-thon at our loc...
My Jalie scarf-collar floral top: quick, easy and satisfying. Now officially my favorite top I own! Wore it to work Friday and received two unsolicited compliments (by which I mean, they were given w...
Inspiration: The Snuggie, the Forever Lazy, and the modern body bag. Pattern Description: Large polar-fleece monstrosity has powers to eat you alive, make you cry, snuggle you tenderly. Pattern Sizin...
What could be better than a magic wire dress form that exactly duplicates your shape? How about some fabulous and prolific sewing bloggers solving your fitting challenges for you? I follow a ridiculo...
Do you think its a problem that the majority of the me-mades that actually fit me are Halloween costumes? Above: me in 2005 as Julia from Orwells classic 1984. Unfortunately everyone just though I wa...
Accomplished: the stripey purple Tomten toddler sweater hoodie. Not Accomplished: getting toddler to stay still in front of a plain backdrop for a proper photo. Readers, I dont want to scare you, but...
One of my moms award-finalist 3D models of Lowell, Massachusetts: the Boott Mills complex on the Merrimack River. Part of this section is used as a museum dedicated to the history of the textile mill...
Source: knitpicks.com via Mikhaela on Pinterest Its a thingie, its a whatsit, its a ... darning egg! Cant blog much tonight folks, because Im busy DARNING my socks. Its all very 1940s of me, dont you...
So if you didnt already guess, the winner of my Sweater Girl Showdown: Shrunken Cardigan Edition was Brooklyn-based knit designer Alexis Winslows lovely Georgina! Oh, and if you havent already ogled ...
Which curve-hugging vintage-inspired cardigan to knit? Decisions, decisions! Now that Ive finished Zs Tomten hooded sweater jacket, Im so excited to make a shrunken spring cardigan for myself to go w...
As promised, heres the finished sketch of some simple, sea-colored spring separates in blues and greens (and neutrals, too). Some of you already spotted the 3hourspast Bow Tie Tee Hack, and the ever-...
Recognize any of these patterns? I of course reserve the right to sew--or not sew--however many or few of these items as I want. In whatever order or disorder. If I feel like it. Have a lovely weeken...
Dont worry--OPAT isnt some awesome blog challenge you havent yet heard of and need a button and a deadline for RIGHT NOW. In fact, its the opposite. OPAT stands for "One Project At a Time", a...
I WANT to make this 1940s Du Barry silk dress (far left); I SHOULD make more pants. (And panties, too). After a Mad Men muslin marathon last night (comments still excessively appreciated!), Im taking...
Good: bodice not terribly ill-fitting. Bad: shoulders like, two inches too wide. Ugly: serious gapping problems, remedied here with carefully placed pins. So heres my Joan Blue Bow Dress (previous po...
Yes, sewing is ALWAYS a big old party of fun awesome magic happiness. And that is why I am completely NOT at all bothered that: The Mad Men Challenge Joan Bow Dress muslin photos I had hoped to share...
A few weeks ago, I began to notice signs of an outbreak in the sewing blogosphere. One after another, my favorite blogs were being taken over by blog award memes of mysterious origin, and answering q...
Wool: sexy, hypnotic and magical! Dont be scared! So last night I was leisurely handwashing the soft, blue and luscious Christian Dior doubleknit wool fabric Im using for my Mad Men Challenge dress i...
Mad Mens Joan Holloway: Not a woman with accessory problems. (And yes, I know she wears pointier shoes than that, but those are shoes I actually own, so: close enough.) So, tell me: am I the only sew...
Yeah, so, you know that feeling you get when youre trying to tie a scarf just right... or you keep putting on different skirts and yet somehow NONE of them work with the top youre wearing, but when y...
10 out of 10 for Sewing Happiness Quotient, 10 out of 10 for Mangled Buttonhole Quotient. When planning your sewing, there are many factors to consider—fabric, fit, finishing, cleaning methods, how a...
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