Sewing

One of the July challenges on Pattern Review is “RTW (ready to wear) and designer knock offs”. The idea is to copy a ready to wear garment or a garment by a designer. We can use commercial patterns or draft … Continued

I have a weak spot for everything vintage. I love vintage cookbooks, vintage patterns, vintage inspired clothing etc so I when I saw this reprint of a vintage pattern, I had to have it and more importantly, I had to … Continued

Yeah, yeah, I know this is the second post today but it’s a special one. We were discussing sewing/craft areas on a message board and I decided to go ahead and take pictures of mine. I live in a fairly … Continued

I am still experimenting with diapers for my son and possibly for retail. This time I added a second insert and the super absorbent material sandwiched between the outter and inner layers. The inner layers still is minky for keeping … Continued

I knew it was only a matter of time until I bled (pin pricks aside) while sewing something. While working on this skirt I managed to very nearly impale my little finger on my very sharp Gingher dressmaker’s shears. Ouch. … Continued

I’ll let you in on a little secret. The real reason I got into sewing to begin with was to make my son cute diapers. We started cloth diapering when he was 6 months old and I was gobsmacked by … Continued

On a scale from 1 to 10, how bad is it to be in love with a piece of metal? Wait…don’t answer that (as if anyone actually reads this!). The truth is, I am in love with a piece of … Continued

For those of you who don’t know what Patrones magazine is, it is a pattern magazine, “patrones” being the Spanish word for pattern. It is a monthly magazine published in Spain and it is very difficult and VERY expensive to … Continued

Hello. My name is June and I’m a jack of all trades….master of none. This is my zillionth blog and the second one dedicated to one of many hobbies. The other is cooking. I can’t promise that I will regularly … Continued