sewing to distraction

I will be on a (hopefully) brief sewing hiatus. I am packing up my stuff and moving to a new home city to start my very first teaching posit...

And so the quest for a decent shirt pattern continues... Enter New Look 6407. In the end, I got an OK shirt, but I don't know if this is...

This is a fantastic (and simple) purse organizer pattern that I found on The Giving Flower . You can download very nice pdf instructions fro...

This pattern was acquired during the pattern splurge. I used some linen that I bought at the same store in Baltimore at which I purchased th...

This is an easy slip I made. I also attempted the over dress, but it was kind of a disaster. I'm not ready to blame that pattern yet tho...

This was my first attempt at pants of any kind. I needed another pair of shorts for the summer and this pattern was one of the few that incl...

This was my second attempt at making a swing coat for this winter. It feels odd to be making a winter coat when it is 95 degrees outside, bu...

This came out mostly OK. I wish I had made it about 2" longer and raised the armseye slightly. Other than that, nice and easy.

The dress went together eerily easily. No, really. Just buy some scarves and make these. As you can see from the photos, I need to work out ...

I'm attempting to draft a scarf dress for myself. I saw dresses like this one on a hot summer's day and, man, did it ever look like ...

I was so into this pattern that I made it again yesterday. It was interesting to note the fitting changes that occurred with the change in f...

I picked this pattern up during my pattern binge and I have to say that this was a GREAT purchase. I have a newfound respect for New Look pa...