Sewing Miss Adventure

It's finally dead, Mom ... that green blankie Katie gave me when I was four or five.  It had gotten so thin I only used it during the su...

I finally did it!  I got to the post office yesterday morning to mail off my contribution for the PR chatroom gift exchange.  I had intended...

OK, so I have been so far observing the secrecy rule on the chatroom gift exchange ... but I just can't help but post this pic.  First u...

This is the project that's been on my stove since mid-afternoon, and when I mentioned it in chat, Maggie commented that she hasn't ...

I decided to return to the "scene of the crime" with that cotton worsted weight yarn I've been making so many useful things w...

As the PR chat room heard last night, I went and got a new dog yesterday afternoon, brought about by my dogsitting last month.  Most (all?) ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say: Hubby's project: oak bookcase(s) Ever since he returned from his tour in Korea, hu...

Morning: coffee, cereal ... and sorting old patterns in the box from Mom.  Sounds like a decent start to a day to me!  I already informed hu...

Now I have finally gotten to the sewing-related gifts from Mom.  Here it is 95F outside ... and I am pulling out fleece patterns Mom gave me...

My mom has a sense of humor.  Sometimes it's a little on the strange side (and this is coming from ME!) but sometimes it is just too app...

These were the planned fabric gifts for sister described before the trip, and as expected they fit her perfectly. Little sister in green...

It's "zero-dark-stupid" as we used to say in the army ... approximately 0430-ish ... and we just rolled in after deciding to d...

Just a reminder I will probably not have time to post this week, as we are roadtripping up to Indiana to visit my family.  I'll be back ...

It's official: I have rejoined the land of the living, and have been spending this week getting caught up on things around the house.  I...

For future reference, some garb notes after spending almost all of yesterday at Ren Faire: Must make friend's Tudor cap, since I did p...

Today I have more ideas than hands or time swirling in my tiny coffee-inspired brain.  Those last two working brain cells are in a hyperacti...

Yesterday, hot on the heels of my pillowcases victory, I started up another quick and easy project: a simple skirt.  This turned out to be a...

It was a beautiful dream ... truly lovely dream ... and I had even snapped a pic of this dream with every intention and desire to make it re...

You read that post title right ... I am hand basting the seams on my Butterick 4254 corset.  No, this is not a guest post.  No, I am not a p...

Last week, Rebecca at WannabeSeamstress asked " What to do with fabric scraps? " and I promised her a post about all the things I ...