I am a slowwwww sewer. And I actually have time to sew, but I move at such a contemplative pace. A friend of ours recently quoted something he read, “The first 40 years of your life you’re trying to beat death. The second 40 you’re embracing it.” It wasn’t a cynical observation at all, if …
Category: Sewing Projects
The White Jacket: Bits and Bobs
(No, I’m not English but ‘bits and bobs’ is one of those useful phrases I picked up living with a ship of English folk for the last three years.) I spent a good hour testing interfacings on the dupioni for my jacket. I always think I know which one is going to work, but then …
The Number 6 Dress
A girl ain’t afraid to show her white gams. Sorry, didn’t mean to blind y’all but I’ll blame it partly on the camera. I’ve been naively shooting white-ish things against black backgrounds, resulting in 1. blow-out which results in 2. lack of detail. I’m going to have to stop sewing and wearing white. Soon. I’d …
I Used to Be a Hacker
Despite the fact that my garden is in its most glorious state of the year, with wildflowers and roses blossoming in wild enthusiasm… I’ve been forcing myself indoors. I’m in the throes of jacket-making in the sew-along and am determined to stay in it. To learn. I like crunchy deadlines and intense work periods. Followed …
The Lady Grey
Have you ever worked on a sewing project for so long that you never brought yourself to wear it? Such is the case with my swingy, peachy silk Lady Grey. I joined Gertie’s sew-along last fall, but my work on it dragged and dragged. Let’s see, the sew-along ended in November? And mine was done …
The White Shirt, Finished
I should’ve guessed that the thing that would come between me and a white garment would be coffee. Not one, not two, but three coffee spills today. (If there’s a leak in a coffee cup, it’ll find me.)