Fabric Leftovers / D'Arcy-Jean Milne Lafayette, CA: C&T, c2006. 96 p. This is a fun little book I picked up at a thrift shop recen...

  Cover Designs  is a feature in which I try to match up the outfit on a book cover with a dress pattern and sometimes even potential fabric...

The first item I've made for myself in 2024 is unusual for me -- I've made a pencil case! I don't often make small things like t...

After I cut my Mandy Boat Tee from my letter print fabric last week , I had a wide strip left over along the bottom. Plus a half width chunk...

I took a little detour in my sewing last week and made something unusual -- a cravat! Finally some menswear ;) I have been looking thro...

Fabricate / Susan Wasinger Interweave Press, c2009 128 p. This little book has been on my shelf for a long time and there are some reall...

I have had this idea on my mind for quite a while but finally got around to making it this week. PatternReview is having a month of mini con...

Last September's challenge over at the Monthly Stitch was "Stick Your Neck Out" . Make something with an appealing collar desi...

I'm sharing a recent project I put together when I was wearing an outfit short of a pocket. Here's my take on the ubiquitous Obi Bel...