Miss Celie's Pants

I sew. I Machine Knit. I cook. I travel. But, I do not clean.

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November 23, 2011 Miss Celie

I Bought A Dress

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Being On Trend

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Vintage Blue Coat

October 12, 2011 Miss Celie

Built for Vintage Fashion

July 20, 2011July 21, 2011 Miss Celie

Tracy Reese for Sally Hansen

June 7, 2011 Miss Celie

Everyman Theater Gala 2011

April 15, 2011 Miss Celie

Does Jo-Ann Fabrics Deserve to Get Sued for This?

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My Fancy Fox II quilt is all done. I did the straight line quilting on my sewing machine (and learned I will happily pay someone next time for long arm quilting). It's washed and has that crinkly quilt look that I had to tell my garment making self was okay. This high contrast blue Fox is my favorite, the other three visible in the second photo are more subtle and sweet. . . I gift this lap size quilt to the couple at the end of the month, and hopefully some baby cooing on a quilt photos this spring. . . . . . . #fancyfoxquilt #fancyfoxII #artgalleryfabrics #AGFgramercy #sewing #quilt #quilts #quiltersofinstagram

A Tale of Two Sleeves⁠ ⁠ I'm muslining the bodice of Vogue 1669 (#V1669) a vintage reissue of a 1946 coat.⁠ ⁠ The sleeve as drafted just gave me 2" of ease and a coat needs a minimum 3" - 4". After adjusting the sleeve pattern, I had the sleeve on the right. Wrinkles down the front and a horizontal wrinkle in the back as shown in photo #2.⁠ ⁠ Thanks to the intervention of @shilobyrd, I was able to resolve the folds and learn some new things that I'm going to try share that wisdom here.⁠ ⁠ The upper fold is from reduced sleeve cap height. The sleeve cap can be too short if you make more than 1" in adjustment to the sleeve width. To add back the height, Shilo counseled me to open up the sleeve head/ cap and see how much it opened it. Her guess of 1.5" was spot on. Photo 3.⁠ ⁠ The lower fold shows that the undersleeve is too long. That's fixed by scooping out the undersleeve seam allowance. I scooped this out by 5/8" and that reduced the fold and still gave me movement.⁠ ⁠ When standing with your arm hanging, you really shouldn't have folds like I did in the first photo on the right.⁠ ⁠ After making her suggested changes, I redrafted my sleeve and the results are much better. Photos 4&5 show the sleeve on my dressform. ⁠ ⁠ I did still have a residual fold for a long undersleeve, but resolved this my rotating the sleeve back 1/2". I did try to scoop out some more, but it restricted sleeve movement. That image in photo #6 is from a long out of print and somewhat scarce Chinese-English book published in Japan called Dressmaking.⁠ ⁠ And the final photo is the pattern image for the coat. Whew.⁠ ⁠ Big shout out to Shilo! She's a professional patternmaker who obviously knows what she's doing. She was very generous to offer unsolicited and correct advice to fix my problem and I am incredibly grateful. I might have figured out the cap height problem at some point, but there is no way I would have thought about the undersleeve being too short. ⁠ ⁠ ** The sleeve is puckery because it's a firm muslin that I made minimal attempt to ease in nicely. My fashion fabric is wool and I will steam the 💨 out of it to ease in nicely.⁠ ⁠ #v1669 #vintagevogue #fittingsleeves

Taking measure of 2019 and I'm so lucky for the relationships made through social media, the new people met and the fun I had teaching. No solid resolutions, just gonna try and bring more people together over sewing and fiber. And a huge enormous thanks to all of you who make Instagram and blogging fun. 🥂Here's to 2020!

Choosing fabrics is my least favorite part of quilting, followed by cutting, then finishing. So, really what I like is the sewing 😂.⁠ ⁠ This is the Fancy Fox II quilt top, pattern by @elizabethagh. It sewed up fast for this once-a-decade quilt maker. The instructions are really straightforward, and I think I like making these straight-cut quilts the best.⁠ ⁠ I chose the pattern, my friend @makergonnamake picked the @artgallery Gramercy collection fabrics for me. I get severely overwhelmed by choice and FOMO. Hand me a quilt kit with all the fabrics included and what should be what, and I'm a singer in a boy band, just tell me what to do. ⁠ ⁠ This is a gift for a new baby (parents don't follow me on social media, and to be doubly sure, I've blocked them AND their dog's account, BWAHAHAHA).⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #fancyfoxquilt #fancyfoxII #artgalleryfabrics #AGFgramercy #sewing #quilt #quilts #quiltersofinstagram

Second night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve Eve. 🤗 Posting our pink and blue holiday decor, because this is the cleanest our first floor has ever been. Bless a dinner party and the cleaning it makes you do.

Reunited like a 90s R&B group! I now measure Christmas by if it's the year Jasika and Claire are on the east coast 🤗 . . REUNITED AND IT FEEEELS SO GOOD!!!! 😍😍😍😍these are all my wives! Renee @missceliespants and I wore complimentary handmade sweaters today and didn’t even plan it!!! Reposted from @jasikaistrycurious