These are my adventures – okay, my misadventures – in the world of sewing and clothing construction. It’s what happens when someone with just enough knowledge and no talent gets a hold of fabric and patterns.
The Sewing Report: Using the Scraps
The one downside to sewing, and specifically clothing construction, is that there's a certain amount of waste that gets generated ...
Box Pleats – A New Adventure
As much as I love pleated skirts or tops, I've avoided making them. My last attempt at box pleats, specifically, ...
Updating the Jacket Re-creation Project
Last June, I posted about my attempt to recreate a jacket that I'd had a lot of years ago. Well, ...
Two Quick Sewing Tips
I must confess that I have gotten a little skeptical about quick sewing tips. Inevitably, they're not quick, nor are ...
Repurposing Old Clothes – How I’m Doing It
To be honest, I've had all kinds of plans for repurposing old clothes in the household, along with several mountains ...
Getting Past Perfectionism
I often joke about the Sewing Report being my comedy of errors as I sew. For example, finally getting a ...
Re-Creating a Jacket
I wish I had a picture of my old linen and silk jacket from Ann Taylor. I bought it sometime ...
Making Bias Tape
Clover Bias Tape Maker Who'da thunk it would be this fun making bias tape? Please note that I bought the ...
Skirting the Design with a Single Seam
So I'd had this piece of fabric in my stash that looked like rip-stop nylon, but wasn't, for a very ...
Rocking My Assembly Line Sewing
My COVID-19 silver lining has been time to sew, and thanks to assembly line sewing, I am cranking out the ...