I have figured out how to sew “left footed” and am slowly enjoying my sewing life again. This weekend I started slow…I created a cute tank top out of the Ottobre Woman’s Issue from last spring and I took apart my favorite and raggedy old shorts and created a pattern. Both were successes!
The shorts first. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Sewing Again!
Posted in Sewing, Uncategorized, tagged ottobre women, patterns from RTW, Sewing Coop on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not the most elegant solution-but functional
Posted in Sewing, Sharing Skills, tagged Sewing on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As you may recall, I was making a pair of scrub pants for DD. Per her instructions I “lowered” the waist 2.5″ from the ‘natural’ waist. Well…DD had never worn scrub pants before and discovered that the elastic waist, even with a drawstring, did not fit like jeans. When sitting…ahmmm…let’s just say it was [...]
Spring in Tennessee
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s such a pretty spring this year and not all my adventures involve the sewing machine! I love my garden too. Unfortunately, with a cast on my leg I am not doing the usual digging and transplanting. No pruning even. But fortunately my garden style is a bit wild and victorian soI think we will [...]
