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A Fashionable Stitch
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a girl, her sewing machine, one enormous fabric stash and the quest for the perfectly fitted garment.
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Stitching Spotlights 6.1.2012

I’m so glad its Friday loves! I’ve been making serious progress on my jacket and I’m still soaking up the satisfaction and I’ve added another jacket to the list of makes. Its ...

10 h ago

from the Tailor’s Front

After dragging my feet in the sewing room for what seems to have been an eternity, I decided to delve into Gertie’s online Starlet Suit Jacket course via Craftsy. At first I thought to my littl...

2 days ago

Stitching Spotlights 5.25.2012

Well. I am now typing this post from my mister’s computer. My computer is on the fritz. When you are a blogger and you have a certain reputation, online shop and life presence on the internet t...

25 may 12

the Button Up Refashion Swap – My Dress

Following up from last week’s refashion swap, here’s Suzannah’s creation that was made for me! Pretty cute, right? A girl like me can never have too many red shoes to go with a dres...

22 may 12

Random Thoughts on Pattern Gathers

image source This might be a subject of disinterest and possibly even ridiculousness for some. Maybe. Maybe not. But I’ve been thinking about gathers alot lately. You see, I love gathers. Small...

21 may 12

the Button Up Refashion Swap

Friends, here it is! If you follow me on Facebook – which you should – this is the project I posted a little while ago. And this is also the project that I was talking about with my thoug...

17 may 12 8 people like this

Shop Update ~ Silk Pins, Ribbons & Stay Tape!

A few more acquisitions made it into the shop this week! First off, there’s a couple of new petersham ribbon colors and sizes. I just added Dreamscicle and Rasberry hued ribbons in 1 inch width...

16 may 12 3 people like this

in the Interim

Friends, I have to be honest and say that I’ve allowed my sewing jive to slide lately. I’ve been more than a little down about certain things in my life. If I had to lay claim to the bigg...

15 may 12

Stitching Spotlights 5.11.2012

Goodness Gracious, its been a week! It’s been a few weeks really. My mister and I are in the middle of making some serious life decisions and well, it’s been taxing on both of us. Even wo...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

Shop Talk ~ Chalk Pens & Rulers, Oh My!

Hey friends, its been awhile since I’ve done a proper shop update here and there are just a few new things I’ve added. I decided to start carrying those infamous Clover Chalk Pens. Yay! T...

09 may 12 1 person likes this

What’s Old is New – Thoughts on Refashioning

image source – a totally mind-blowing refashion I’ve been working on a project for sometime now (OK, so I’ve actually been working it out in my head, but I’ve thought about it...

07 may 12 3 people like this

Pyjama Party Extravaganza!

Friends, here they are! I’ve been talking about these a bit on me old facebook page. I didn’t even finish stitching the last stitch until last night, when me, myself and I had a bit of a ...

28 apr 12 1 person likes this

Stitching Spotlights 4.27.2012

The week just kind of ran away from me here! Gah! I’m officially taking part in the Pyjama Party hosted by Did You Make That? and I’m almost finished sewing up my pj pants. There has been...

27 apr 12 2 people like this

Stitching Spotlights 4.20.2012

You’re going to flip out when I tell you that I watched the first season of Downton Abbey in two evenings. I was riveted. Loved it. Favorite characters? I would marry Carsen. Yes. Marry! I ADOR...

20 apr 12 1 person likes this

How to: Create Armscye Princess Seams

For my upcoming wrap dress, I decided to draft armscye princess seams for the back bodice (in plain old english, this means that the princess seam originates from the armhole). Formerly, I’ve n...

18 apr 12 7 people like this

How to: Move a Dart

This is an easy peasy trick and if you’ve ever dabbled in a little bit of pattern drafting, you’ve probably done this several times. Darts are basically excess fabric pick-ups that, when ...

17 apr 12 11 people like this

Stitching Spotlights 4.13.2012

Friday the 13! he he! In April, no less! It’s that time of the week again friends. Stitching Spotlights to your weekend rescue! Are you doing anything grand this weekend? Mr. S and I had a date...

13 apr 12 2 people like this

Teacher’s Pet

I have some official news which I’m rather excited to share today! I’ll be teaching at Sewing Summit 2012! I’m terribly excited about this. I think its pretty fabulous that a sewing...

12 apr 12

Inspired: the Wrap Dress

I’m trying to do something of a SWAP (Sewing with a Plan) and a Spring Palette. More or less, I’m trying to keep my energies focused on one project at a time. This is hard for me. Once I ...

11 apr 12

Colette Patterns Spring/Summer Lineup!

Colette Patterns Spring/Summer patterns are now available – I die! Sarai asked me to give a mention when the patterns debuted – which I’m delighted to oblige as I’m also an av...

10 apr 12

Strawberry Banksia

Somehow, I feel that my time has been in a bit of a whirlwind since January and I’ve not done things that I really should have. One is to tell you that I’ve now started to carry a few Meg...

10 apr 12 2 people like this

Refashioned Post Updates

Hey friends! I spent a good deal of last week making little pencil skirts so that I could update my pencil skirt w/vent tutorials. When I say little, I mean I cut out the BurdaStyle Jenny skirt at 60...

09 apr 12 1 person likes this

Stitching Spotlights 4.6.2012

Hey guys, it was my birthday this week – Wednesday to be exact. It’s the big 30 this year and I was going to post something about it, but I didn’t. Instead I’ve been sewing an...

06 apr 12 2 people like this

Stitching Spotlights 3.30.2012

This has been a seriously amazing week of frocks ladies and gents! My reader was bombarded with several lovely creations, sewing tips and inspiration. I’ve been having a bit of trouble getting ...

30 mar 12 2 people like this

Simplicity Blog Hop!

I was contacted a bit ago by Simplicity to participate in a blog hop along with several other bloggers! (Hey guys, please excuse my yesterday’s post which wasn’t supposed to go up until t...

29 mar 12 2 people like this

Confessions

This might be a weird post, but sometimes I just feel like ranting a little. Personal stuff piles up and sometimes, its just fun to sit back, talk about it and let it out. I tried oil cleansing and b...

26 mar 12

Stitching Spotlights 3.23.2012

It’s been a hectic week. Again. That seems to be a common theme around these parts as of late. But not to worry! I’ve got several upcoming posts scheduled for next week including, but not...

23 mar 12 1 person likes this

Stitching Spotlights 3.16.2012

If you can possibly believe it, I’m now hooked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer – btw, how did I miss this series when I was younger? And well, Buffy and her gang got the best of me and I didn...

16 mar 12 1 person likes this

the Belts

Aren’t they fun? So, I decided this month that I was going to tackle making each and every belt and buckle kit that is in the shop. Being a one man band, this was a rather big undertaking if no...

15 mar 12 2 people like this

Sloper Sweetness – Pt. I

I’ve wanted to talk about my experience with my bodice sloper since Christmas – when I finally got down to brass tacks and perfected the fit for it – and have been at a loss as to w...

08 mar 12 6 people like this

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