This is now OOP McCalls 5764, view B. A very quick and easy project that I modified slightly by adding a lining. The cape itself is camel camelhair from fabricmart, and the lining this fantastic oran...
This is the first straight vintage dress Ive sewn in a long time! This pattern appears to have been a freebie obtained by mailing in a Kotex box top. Based on the advertising in with the directions, ...
As promised, more of the many unblogged projects! This is McCalls now OOP 5936, which Ive made before. Its a great pattern, but what makes it so great is the peplum.... which is totally not visible o...
Thanks for all the kind comments on the dress, and kind wishes for my marriage! Its less than a month out, and Im pretty darn excited.This is a classic Vogue 7975 I actually sewed at the end of last ...
Im alive and well and sewing! For photographic proof, just see all the bottled water in the lower right hand corner of the picture - its from my hurricane preparedness hysteria last week (although, t...
Today Im posting two items I made last year. First is a (very) warm winter jacket from McCalls 5984. The fabrics is a beautiful (but hard to photograph!) couture black wool fur from fabricmart, that ...
Long time, no post. I made two beautiful winter coats in January, neither of which Ive managed to get any photos of, despite wearing one almost every day. Rather than wait until I capture one of thos...
An incredibly productive sewing weekend and question for the crowd.Last weekend was a sewing bonanaza due to an uncharacteristic amount of free time. I finished three dresses (completely – even hems!...
I havent stopped sewing, Ive just been a very delinquent blogger! And bad about taking photos. What can I say? Ive been really busy the past few months. Previously I wouldnt even bother to sew if I o...
Happy 4th of July!To celebrate, two cotton work dresses. I have a habit of starting to hoard summery cotton prints starting in January and by the time summer actually rolls around, I usually have mor...
Here are two very summery projects I completed over memorial day weekend. First is a seersucker suit. Ive had this fabric since last summer, always earmarked for a suit, but I finally got around to i...
And now for something... seasonally appropriate!This is pretty much a quintessentially Me-Summer EditionTM dress. Quilting cotton or home deck twill? check. Polka dots and/or bright colors? check. It...
Continuing my theme of weather incongruent posting, Im going to take advantage of this 85 degree and humid day to post my spring jackets (note to non New Yorkers: this weather is normal for July, not...
I can't believe I'm posting this on a 72 degree, beautiful spring day - but here I am armed for winter. The photos's about a month old, and I actually made the vest over christmas break. This was dur...
Here is the next dress from my black dress project. It has a nice boat neck on it which goes well with cardigans. Unfortunately, through some hasty ironing without a press cloth I managed to scorch a...
Here's a jacket I made before christmas - its another of those Vogue cardigan jackets, in this amazing Ralph Lauren cashmere/wool blend with a touch of lurex, lined in black silk charmeuse. The lurex...
This is a dress I made last week. The bodice is adapted from a vintage pattern, McCalls 5142, attached to my TNT skirt. I plan to make a version with the waist ties at some point, but I think I need ...
Here's a better picture of me in the coat. all bundled up for the january weather! I usually pair it with elbow length knit cashmere gloves to keep my arms warm and a big scarf. The scarf is actually...
I had a productive week of sewing between christmas and new years, but not as productive as I thought it'd be! I did get a lot of things half started though, which is good. January is going to be ver...
A belated happy holidays and happy new year to all of you! This skirt was one of the last things I made before christmas. Its ralph lauren midweight wool plaid from fabric.com. My plaid matching has ...
Here's a project I finished right before thanksgiving - its a McCalls pattern I believe, done in silver mohair I bought at gorgeousfabrics.com last winter. Its very warm! I liked it because its somet...
This is a suit I made from purple tweed, from the Vera collection on fabric.com, lined with navy blue crinkle satin charmeuse, also from fabric.com. The fabric was pretty dissapointing when I first b...
First, the new sewing machine! I've been so busy sewing I haven't hard time to post about it. Two weeks ago I took the daytrip to Philadelphia to visit my mom, and she took me to Steve's Sewing Machi...
I've been delinquent in posting, but I have been sewing! Here's the tip of my posting backlog. This is my fall coat, OOP McCalls 5480, made of wool melton from the Lauren collection on fabric.com. I'...
Here is my cardigan style jacket, from Vogue 7975. The red heart one I asked for opinions on remains unfinished - I haven't had the chance to spend the time shopping for trim (my one run to M&J w...
End of Summer SewingThis is very much a polyglot catch-up post, and then at the end I'm going to ask opinions on a work-in-progress. First up is my most recent completed project, with which I'm very ...
I'm slooowly catching up on back posts! First is Butterick 5314, view A, made of Vera seersucker from fabric.com, and fully lined with white rayon Bemberg. This was a wearable muslin of sorts; I had ...
This is a white cotton matelasse jacket I've been working on for quite some time! I finally finished it last friday. I made a whirlwind 62-minute trip from my office on East 50th st to Jonathan Embro...
I have been sewing - I've just been very bad about taking pictures, and a lot of those I did manage to take were so bad I can't bear to post them!In the past month or so I've made two retro sundresse...
Thanks everyone for your kind complements on the flapper dress!Here's another HP pencil skirt in a different colorway of the county fair canvas. I love this dot pattern - its all the fun of polka dot...
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