Two years of sewing and blog writing have passed! Two years of learning and challenging myself, and of feeling confident and insecure all at once. So much has happened, especially in this last year. Michael had some medical issues, which have now thankfully resolved, and during that time sewing and this blog changed for me….
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It’s Fun To Sew For The ASYMCA!
Something I have done for many years now, is volunteer my time and sewing skills to the Camp Pendleton ASYMCA, The Armed Services YMCA. They have a program called Operation Kid Comfort. What this service does is provides quilts to military children of deployed, active duty, service men and women. Volunteers make small quilts which…
Put That In Your Piping
I decided it was time for a new dress for myself. With warmer weather rapidly approaching I figured I could add a new spring/summer dress into rotation. I chose this pattern from 1968, and this “dress form” fabric from my stash. The pattern seemed easy enough. I opened this vintage pattern to find it had…
The Family’s Support System
I’ve been having to slow way down on my sewing. I considered cutting back on blog posts from weekly to bi-weekly. While talking this over with family, Dana had the great idea that I could get co-writers for my blog. Lots of us craft, and could write about that. She volunteered to go first, by…
Second Part of a Three Piece Sew: The Jacket
It was onto the second part of this three piece outfit, the jacket. I could do either the jacket or the “cardigan” view, but decided on the jacket. it had pocket welts and seemed more of a challenge. I figure if nothing else it would be good practice. I had this leftover black synthetic linen…
A Three Part Sew For Me! First, A Shirt
I’m always overthinking my blog. In my recent bout of overthinking, I had this pattern coming up. I decided that instead of zipping though things, and making only one piece of an outfit, that I would make all three pieces. I had bought this pattern with myself in mind, so that’s who I was going…
Mending, Upcycling, and Refashioning
In between my sews, even more sewing happens! I am a strong believer in mending what you have to make it last longer. Refashioning old items, or thrifted things is another favorite thing of mine to do. I also love to upcycle, where you take something and repurpose it into something new. I’ve been collecting…