As I wrote in my last post, I’ve created my own little summer challenge as an experiment in fun and efficiency: I’m basically working on several projects at once, but doing similar stages all at once so that I can concentrate on, learn and enjoy these tasks for longer periods of time. The patterns include …
Category: Sewing Projects
Mise en Place: a Project
Both my husband and I work at home, and pretty much make up our own schedule–which in the beginning was a beautiful and freeing thing. Little did I know how crucial it was to learn about myself and time management. We are both the sort who often come out on personality tests as extravagant starters, …
If the Riviera Were a Dress
Hey y’all, how’s your summer going? Mine’s all kinds of hot. I’ve just gotten back from an extended trip to my old hometown of Cincinnati, and as I was flying over those blue mountains of Kentucky, I was shocked at the stark contrast between the deep forested greens and the sort of sandy-colored, yellow-lit landscapes …
Wide-leg Linen Trousers: Finished
Quick, before I find something else to delay my wearing these, I must take a picture. {Pattern: Wearing History “Smooth Sailing Trousers”} Okay, phew, that’s over. Once they were on I just wanted to slouch in them all day. I confess they’ve been done for over a week but I couldn’t figure out which type …
The Silk Tank, or How to Stay Away from Plastic Flip-flops
It took me a long time to adjust, both physically and psychologically, to the intense heat and sun of the Texas summer. I’m a native midwesterner and before Austin we moved around northern Europe, so the perfect wardrobe in my imagination was a very constructed urban sophisticated look better suited to Londoners. I never had …
The White Jacket: Finished
Yay! White Jacket is done. Actually, it’s been done for over a week but I wanted to take it to the cleaners for one last press and to clean some of the grub that’d occurred while handling and sewing. And you know what? The dang cleaners pressed a different roll line. What’s up with that? …