2020 Blue

Blues Capsule Project #4 – The Wood Tweed Dress. IT IS DONE.

I’m not even sure I’m ready to write this blog post, but I want to get a placeholder here and maybe I’ll

28 May

This is a sad story, but it is not at its final ending. I did an incredible job of inserting the invisible zipper into the

07 May

I honestly wondered if I was going to leave this dress in the naughty corner forever. I had been totally stumped by the way

29 Apr

I took a little hiatus from the tweed dress project because I was getting stressed out by the sleeves and all the other

18 Mar

No, we’re fucking not. And if I ask again, I’m gonna pull this car over… I am running low on patience. Actually, I

02 Mar

Yeah I did. What do dresses need? POCKETS. What does this dress have? LINED, PIPED POCKETS. They are basted shut for the time

27 Feb

I started this evening’s sewing a little past 7:30, having had a friend over for wine & chats. She amusingly compared my

27 Feb

Oh sweet baby Jesus, I am getting pretty dang tired of looking at this dress. But at the same time, making progress …

26 Feb

Well, I knew that this dress would have to be sewn slowly because of the pattern-matching, but I did not anticipate the

23 Feb

I haven’t gone to this length to preview a dress in ages. I’ve basically cut apart all of the fashion fabric pieces and

23 Feb