My Coat!!!

I have been wanting to make a wool coat forever! There have been so many coat sew-alongs that I have looked at the past couple of years. But wool fabric is so expensive and I wasn't sure about the whole thing.

I used Burda 7587. I made a muslin out of some heavier polyester type fabric that I happened to have and never used. The muslin fit well with no adjustments.

From November 7, 2011

I had thought about interlining it with flannel, but instead bought the Joann's lining fabric that is flannel-backed. It is plenty heavy. I have worn it a couple of times - wool is a very warm fabric!

I got the wool fabric up in Victoria while we were vacationing up there recently. I spotted what turned out to be a fantastic fabric store called Gala Fabric

From November 7, 2011

From November 7, 2011

From November 7, 2011

Ottobre Baby Shirt

I wanted to do something different and make a baby shirt for six month old Conrad. I got out my Ottobre 4/2008. This is number 1, the baby t-shirt. It was fun and easy, of course, after you get used to tracing off the complicated array of pattern designs. I did the tab a little bit differently. I didn't add the bit of ribbon on the front of the tab, but was able to make it look nice just by adjusting and sewing.

From November 7, 2011

Catch-up

Here's a little hoodie I made for my little 5 month old grandson. Pretty basic pattern, but I wanted to see if I could do it.

From August 23, 2011

Also, I made myself a new knitting bag using Ghees#781 bag pattern.

From August 23, 2011

From August 23, 2011

Pincushion Treasures!

I had read on someone's blog recently (can't remember where) that they had a tomato pincushion and one day they decided to take the pins and needles out of it and knead it to see how many they could retrieve out of the middle.

Well, I have a tomato pincushion that I use for sewing machine needles that haven't been used much, and sometimes I stick a sewing needle in the top.

This lady said she got 50 some needles out of the middle of her pincushion. Well, today I decided to do the same with mine. I took out the pins and needles that were sticking out. I started kneading it and expected to find maybe 15-20??? Guess what? I got 48 sewing needles out of the center. I do have to admit that this is old (I got it from my mom). It was great fun!

From August 23, 2011

Apron and Potholders

Here's an apron and potholders I just finished for a wedding shower! Fun fabric called Floralicious.

From August 16, 2011

Some New blogs

Many days I jump onto the "popular" sewing blogs, that is, the ones you see listed on the side bar of many, many blogs. They are wonderful and I've learned a huge lot from these couture sewers. I love blogs that give lots of pictures, show the pattern and then show their version, and, yes, their mistakes and how they would correct it the next time. We have such a wonderful advantage with all this information over our mother's generation.

Anyway here's a couple of other blogs that I happened on from other people's sidebars that I have enjoyed recently. I am sure many of these are couture sewers as well, I've just not read their blogs before.

http://sewmesane.blogspot.com
http://bamblue.blogspot.com/
http://www.pattythesnugbug.com/
http://allthewyldthings.blogspot.com/
http://designrefinebemine.blogspot.com/

Wiggle Weights

I REALLY like these Wiggle Weights that I picked up at the Sewing Expo in Puyallup this year. They are heavy and you can curve them around your pattern pieces. I googled it and there doesn't seem to be a lot of places where they can be found, but I did find this site.

From lois