Tilting at Windmills
Posted in Sewing on Apr 27th, 2009
I did it! I sewed something for myself that fits.
This is Vogue 8386, which is a very popular design on Pattern Review. The good thing about popularity is being able to draw on lots of other people’s wisdom and experience when putting that popular thing together yourself.
For example, the instructions described an extremely convoluted [...]
Posted in Sewing on Apr 25th, 2009
I just finished a cute dress for Claire and she’s delighted with it. That is cause for celebration!
This dress was made using a Portabellopixie pattern called Claire. How funny is that?
I wanted to make an apron as shown in the pattern pictures, but Claire put her foot down. There was no way she [...]
Posted in Sewing on Apr 22nd, 2009
I have a confession to make. I am completely obsessed with sewing. So complete is my obsession that I resent having to take out time to do other things like eating and sleeping. I attribute this phase to a “eureka” moment I had recently about getting things to fit me. That was my big stumbling [...]
