Making It With Help

Hello dear friends, Just climbed up and out of the rabbit hole better known as Pinterest. Currently: 52 Boards, 2,068 Pins, 499 Likes, 31 F...

Next up are some zipped cross-body or shoulder bags I've been making. These are from a "book" of samples that have a bit of ...

This is my all-time favorite Peanuts cartoon. Ever. Somehow it disappeared in a move 20+ years ago, and I thought I'd never see it ag...

I love solving puzzles. I almost bought a piece of “fleece” at Joann’s last week; the pattern was all-over puzzle pieces. But I stopped myse...

Oh brother. Small stuff, I know. But still... 1. I slipped and fell on what I thought was slush; didn't realize there was ice under it,...

In no particular order (obviously): Why do some fashion sewing bloggers stand pigeon-toed for their photos that they put on their blogs? ~...

1. It was 50 years ago that my aunt told me, "Don't write anything down on paper that you wouldn't want printed on the front pa...

I am so grateful that the bronchitis & pneumonia I've had for past 5 months (!) is resolved. Finally! Now to make up for lost time:...

A friend took a few pictures of me wearing my new print skirt. If you're interested, you could compare the skirt on me to the skirt on a...

When I learned that my cholesterol was (really) high two years ago, I started making some changes in my diet. I have made many modifications...

Here's a hanger shot of my skirt, completed this afternoon. My photographer is at a Broadway show right now and I wanted to publish this...

I heard back again from C********. They wrote: Valued Customer: There are no local service centers in your area that does work on the mac...

I'm making progress on my skirt, at about the same pace as this easy-peasy lemon-squeezy question I've been going back and forth abo...

On June 30, I wrote: Next up will be a 5- or 7-gored skirt. I tried to make one with inseam pockets, but it was not wearable because I did...

I've been working a bit here and there on a seven-gore flared skirt. It's a pattern I've used several times, changing the number...

So, with my new mantra about failure, I'm all energized to sew again. Here's a set of three zippered cases I made last week for a fr...

First, a bit of humor on a Sunday afternoon. Here's a comment from a (not really) reader: It's a рity you don't have a donate ...

I had in mind to do this a couple of weeks ago, before Memorial Day. But I have had an opportunity to help our neighbors several times a wee...

Oh how I want to do this—sew for the body I have instead of wait til I lose the weight I gained back. I can't explain why I haven't ...

Oops, I did it again. I cut the ring finger of my right hand while cutting cauliflower, so off to Immediate Care I went. Didn't I do pra...

Maxwell was born in Hickory, North Carolina, on March 17, 2000, which means that he was 14 years old yesterday. He is a British Shorthair, a...

It's been a bit of a wild ride, interiorly speaking, and now that I'm posting again, and it's still January, I thought I'd s...

Inspired by seeing the cute green button over at the right, which I've seen on several sewing friends' blogs, I've decided to jo...

UPDATE Wednesday, October 16: Today is the last day that I am offering matching funds. So far, $375 has been raised, and with my matching f...

When last we talked, I showed you the remaining fabric from the 3.5 yards of "autumn leaves" quilting cotton fabric, which I'v...