Slow Ideas – Page 7 – Sewing to make me happy since 1996.

Wardrobe analysis

Mr. Low has gone off to China leaving me with plenty of unfilled time on my hands in the evenings and weekends. El Kiddo

30 Nov

This fabric has been haunting me since I tried to make a cocktail dress and found the fabric just didn’t want to do

23 Nov

I cleaned up the sewing loft today, a task which was far overdue. I think making projects from scratch is more messy than

23 Nov

So for those of you who occasionally come around here expecting posts about civics & current events, you’ve got to

11 Nov

Ok I am back in the sewing loft after a crazy month of travel. Last weekend while I was in the midst of making my kid a

02 Nov

Another Sunday, another stash-breaker! This time I am making a bias-cut, bow-front blouse to go under a black suit jacket. I

23 Sep

Having finished the Boy’s jeans, I simply had to dive into yet another attempt at making a garment on Sunday to wear on

09 Sep

I’m making jeans for my little guy (who at 6 years old is already 4 feet tall and shows signs of becoming a very

08 Sep

Last weekend I went through a frenzied day of what I thought was totally inspired designing – draping a skirt which was

25 Aug