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I made my own version of a cropped wide necked turtleneck sweatshirt hacked from a basic raglan sweatshirt pattern I already had. McCall’s 6992. I made it with grey sweatshirt fleece I bought last weekend in Los Angles for a dollar a yard. I bought the whole bolt which had five yard for five dollars […]
Well it’s time for the annual school play again! This year we’re staging My Fair Lady. I won’t be in charge of all the costumes this year. Only the costumes for Eliza Doolittle and the maids’ outfits. We wanted to make the costumes historically accurate and the play is set in around 1915. This is […]
For the past year I’ve been playing tennis about three times a week and I really needed more tennis duds, especially with warmer weather approaching. At first I worried about starting a new sport in my mid forties. I’d played a little in my twenties but never passed the beginner stage. But meeting new people […]
I finally tried making some jeans! The easy kind, that is. The Jalie Eleanor pull on jean. These were really easy to make, thanks to the video tutorial on the Jalie website. I sewed a size R based on my hip size, and did no alterations to the fit besides shaving off one inch at […]
Sometimes when I’m puttering around town, I go to an old time fabric store in Ventura called Fabric Town. They have a pile of discontinued patterns they sell for three dollars each. I saw McCall’s 7009, and thought is would make a cozy dress for Gigi for winter. I only just finished it last night. […]
Hi readers! Well, I’ve had a massive fail with not one, but two of the Palmer Pletsch patterns now. I’d love to show you the finished version of my black sheath dress sewn from what looks like one of the easiest patterns around, McCall’s 6355. But I can’t because I threw it away in a […]
Hi readers! So I had about a yard and a quarter left over from the shearling coat I made my stepdaughter for Christmas and my little girl asked me to make her a coat, too. She loved the feel of this faux shearling from Joann. I had just enough to eek, er…. eke, out her […]
Today I’m doing a two part post. First a review of McCall’s 6613 by Palmer Pletch I made for my husband, and second, a review of Pam Howard’s class, The Tailored shirt. on Craftsy. This is the third button down shirt I’ve made Richard, and thanks to Pam Howard’s class, it’s the best job I’ve […]
Merry Christmas! This is probably the last garment I’ll be blogging this year. I love this simple to sew coat. It’s so cozy! The pattern I used was a new release from NewLook; 6416, a three dollar pattern. I have good results with New Look patterns, which makes me happy, because these are some seriously […]
This pattern went together perfectly! Jalie 2212 in size small. The directions were very simple yet the included illustrations explained the technique really well. I think I am a new Jalie convert! I used a Merino wool ponte type knit I bought at The Fabric Store in Los Angeles for this half zipup sport sweater […]