I’ve written an article for PatternReview on the different pattern magazines available internationally. Most of them I’ve talked about here. I owe a BIG thanks to Sigrid, Isabelle, Carolyn and Judith in NYC for thier translating, proofing, suggestions and general information help!
You can read the article here.
This post is super short because I spent ALL day in DC (for work and fun) and I’m pooped, but look what I got for my birthday! A trip to G Street and a visit from Christina (read her post here)! Yes, the photo is crooked and that is a finger in the upper left and we can’t stop laughing because the clerk was a caricature of someone who doesn’t know how to use a digital camera.
And, they have the raincoat fabric from last week’s post in baby blue and lavender. And they aren’t afraid to call it Burberry!
And, since I was in DC all day, I even got to see Trena who gave me this beautiful stretch silk charmeuse from her trip to Vietnam.
Whew. Getting older kinda sucked about 12:01 this morning, almost 24 hours later, it’s not so bad.
I am predictable about many things. If there are French fries on the menu, I will be ordering them. Given an option for a meal, I always vote for pizza or Mexican. I tend to perfer form over function. And, when it comes to clothing, give me some trenchy military details and I’m all over [...]
When I posted about my original red and camel version of Butterick 5522 back in January, Shirley commented that she had a similar dress in navy blue and lime green in the 70s. I LOVED the color combo idea and quickly bought two navy rayon double knits from FabricMart. Unfortunately, I couldn’t seem to get a hold of [...]
I apologize now for not being able to show this to you on either my persons or correctly on my dressform. Because the bust cups are lace, they were not exactly internet appropriate. At least not the kind of internet that is free. Sadly, I wasn’t able to get it on my dress form either [...]
I went for a run the other day in my red and grey Jalie multi sport skirt with attached knickers (think cheerleading bottoms) and am 90 percent sure the bottom of my butt cheeks were playing peekabo with the hem of my skirt. I was plodding along (I am ridiculously slow) and thinking my butt felt kind of cold [...]
Well, hello sailor! I am digging the World War II era vibe from this Burda 5-2009 #122 dress. It feels like I’ve just been cranking out projects lately. But, I’ll let you in on a little secret. I started this dress a little over three months ago back in November 2011. I thought it would [...]
Guys, I’m so busy these days between work (larger projects, running a Fellowship program) and extra curricular activities (election season). I don’t want to tell you I’m on a hiatus from blogging since I may have a whim (like now). But, I will be posting very little until the end of September. I can only [...]
I’m at least two projects or more from tackling my athletic wear (I sew by the color on the serger). But, thought you might be interested in a great resource on sewing athletic wear. I managed to purchase most of the Singer Sewing Reference Library in one fell swoop a couple years ago. One of [...]
You may have gathered from this blog that I have a love of all things international. Through much hard work and calculation, I have struck up a unique relationship with my counterpart in Japan. So unique, that when Trena went to Tokyo, my counterpart actually took her shopping — and we’ve never met! At anyrate, [...]
It’s been a crazy busy month on this side of the world. But, my reward came early! Remember when I bought the Singer 221 Featherweight? Well, one came without a case. The woman selling said her mom had the case and accessories and she’d let me know when she got it from her mom. Well, this [...]
This book was a delightful and generous gift from LindsayT who picked up on my love of the now defunct Cottage Living and Domino Magazine. I’ve always called my personal decorating style Urban Cottage and this book will easily help develop it. Country Living is also where my favorite bake-at-home cake recipe is from. Despite [...]
