Pattern score: 6! Confusing directions and drawings, but the pants are comfortable and fit well with few alterations. My first YouTube...

This is somewhat of a follow-on to my last post: 'Making time to sew'. At work I came across Oliver Burkeman's blog and, in particularly,...

For those of you who are wondering and/or have asked me - yes, I am still working on the Tamarack Jacket. Four months and counting...I...

I have been slowly, but diligently working on the Tamarack Jacket by Grainline Studio. In my last post I discussed how the fabric was...

I looked back on my emails and I had ordered the pattern for Grainline Studio's Tamarack Jacket on September 11 of this year. Amongst...

It has been a while...a long while! I see my last post was in April - more than 7 months ago! In my defense, I live just outside of the...

For the past few weeks I have been sewing McCall's Hazel dress C pattern (M7774). This is a misses dress, so I sewed a size 12 for...

In case you want to skip the introduction and go straight to the good stuff, here's the pattern: Andddd: a link to the materials a link...

This past week I was in New York City visiting a good friend of mine while continuing my currently nomadic lifestyle. While there, I got...

I'm back! I got back home about 2 weeks ago after a 7 week roadtrip! It was amazing and everything I hoped it could be. 2 weeks each in...

Good morning from the Denver area! My cousin and I arrived on Saturday night to a lovely little neighborhood outside of Denver where my...

Two days ago my cousin and I headed out on a cross-country roadtrip. As I write this, we are in Nebraska almost to our first destination:...

I recently learned of something called 'pleasant activity scheduling' from the Mentally Strong People podcast by Amy Morin. In her 49th...

I think that was a first for me - I started and finished a complicated (for me) sewing projects in about 2 weeks (I accidentally left...

This week I have been making just the top pattern of the Calvin Wrap Dress by TrueBias. I chose a fabric I bought probably 11-13 years...

I finished it! Earlier this month I posted about going sew-rogue and trying to sew a shirt (err ok, it turned into a dress) without a...

I am just a few steps away from completing the Calvin Wrap Dress by TrueBias. I have really enjoyed making it. I used to dread having to...

After I had my sewing machine for a few years and I had dilly-dallied with making very very simple things like tablecloths and...

Mistakes are how we grow in sewing, much like how we grow in everything in our lives. Yesterday as I was going sew-rogue I made many,...

Today I spent a good portion of the day messing around with an idea for a shirt in my mind. However, what I got was a dress! And not a...