Today is going to be a quick look at another way to sew thriftily. We've discussed thrift stores -- where you can look for fabric, not...

I'm finishing up this sewing year with some thoughts about 2017, and some of my goals for 2018. First, some general reflections. ...

Looking ahead to a New Year, I've been thinking about what I want to get out of my sewing in 2016. There are a few things, and I'm g...

There's an old Singer machine in my mother's house, a beautiful treadle with a wooden cabinet. She's had it for years; it b...

April is Poetry Month ~I enjoy poetry and love to share it on my book blog throughout April. But as a farewell to Poetry Month 2014, I...

I've heard rumblings and mentions of this project over the last year, but I was never quite sure what exactly it was. Now I know! I...

This is what I vowed to make in March, for the Make a Garment a Month project: I was planning on making the dress, adding piping to the...

I've been sewing, really I have! These last few weeks have been very busy though, so I've been slowing down on the sewing front. I d...

Well, it looks like many sewing bloggers are sharing their plans and goals for the upcoming year. I think that sounds like a good idea --...

This is the second dress I chose to make for November's MGM challenge. It's Butterick 5923, a pattern that caught my eye because ...

This weekend I decided that I didn't have any really handy long sleeved t-shirts. I don't wear too many of such tops, and I don'...

I'm excited about joining Sarah Liz SewStyle's  Make a Garment a Month sewalong... although thinking that I could get something ...

And now for the third & fourth items I made for Sewing Pattern Review's Mini-Wardrobe Challenge... Along with making the dress a...

In August I joined Sewing Pattern Review  -- it's a great website for anyone who sews. Really helpful and inspiring! In September I ...

This is the latest dress I made, from one of the new patterns I picked up in The Great Pattern Haul that occurred recently... At the s...

Today's look features Butterick 5217 , Misses Tops, view C. I don't make a lot of tops, generally sewing dresses as my firs...

I made this dress (McCalls 3926-- now out of print) quite a long time ago, using a length of cotton that was gifted to me. I never really ...

I've made this New Look 6936 before , in a completely different fabric. I really liked the way it fit, and the way that the fabric choic...