Happy Easter everyone! What are your plans? We’re going to a family barbeque, though unfortunately it’s raining here today.Have any of you fellow sewing enthusiasts heard of the contest that Collette Patterns is holding for their new Laurel pattern? I think don’t have too much hope of winning, but I[Read more]
On Friday I debated about doing a little thrifting after work. Luckily, the bargain hunter in me won out, and I’m so glad it did, because I ended up finding all of these: Sometimes I can’t believe the stuff I find in thrift stores! The majority of these date from[Read more]
Another rather old sewing project to share with you…I made this dress during my last year in Tonga out of a very 1980’s and very moth-eaten sewing pattern I found in the home-ec room. I decided not to bring it back, so unfortunately I can’t share a picture of it.[Read more]
I have a confession: I didn’t come by the pattern for this skirt entirely honestly. I actually found it languishing in a jumble of old patterns, trash, and scraps in the back of the Home Economics room at the school I worked at in Tonga and decided that I[Read more]