We have been sewing up pants to wear for New Years Eve. Carrie and I celebrated the holiday a few days early so you could see our Eureka! Party Pants. Carrie chose to wear the fabulous faux leather pants she wrote about last month. They are so flattering and comfortable…
Category: Inspiration
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Happy Holiday Jackets
We love to dress up for the holidays, even if that just means a great top or jacket to complement our black pants or blue denim jeans. This photo was snapped last year, just after Christmas, when our mothers and daughters were visiting for the holiday. Everyone is resplendent in…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Gifts of the Season
What are the best gifts for sewing friends and family? I suspect many of us would say “having the time to sew”. That sounds pretty wonderful. Carrie and I are gifting ourselves the first week in January and the first week in February to sew together. We plan to stitch…
Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Stash to Stuff
Creating a wardrobe of clothes from fabric in your stash is a fun challenge. When the season changes from winter to spring, it is a great time to reorganize your fabric stash. Put away those winter projects you never got around to stitching up and find some spring and summer…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Jacket Collaborations and Wearable Mock-ups
My search for a great wearable art jacket pattern (which ultimately resulted in the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern) included a grant from the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild. The grant partially funded my jacket making collaborations with several quilters and weavers in 2009 – 2010. With each of my collaborators, I made a…