I don't know why I haven't mentioned it until now, but tomorrow I'm heading up to The Big City to participate in the Britex Workshop Space Launch Party! Five other illustrious area seamstresses and I will be giving talks about sewing in our lives. Here's the line-up:1:30 - Shams of Communing with Fabric2:00 - Beth of Sunny… Continue reading Britex Workshop Space Launch Par-tay!
If you are here from the Britex blog, welcome!I've been sewing a lot of silk underwear lately; I'm positively addicted. There is something thoroughly satisfying about making something that is beautiful, useful and a quick sew. And it might even be cost effective, considering how little fabric is needed. In this post, I'll show… Continue reading Tutorial: sewing picot elastic on underwear and camisoles
Remember my cowl neck top from last week? I finally finished drafting, grading and writing up the instructions for the pattern, and here it is, free (and in multiple sizes!). In this post, I'm going to walk through the steps for sewing this very simple top, but please contact me if you have any questions… Continue reading Cowl neck top pattern (free!) and tutorial
When scanning my syllabus at the start of the pattern making course I took last semester, I was most excited about learning how to draft cowl neck tops. When we finally got to it toward the end of the course, I was surprised how simple they actually were! Using a basic bodice sloper, it's just… Continue reading Cowl neck top in sheer viscose
Here, fellow sewists, is the culmination of my semester-long pattern making class! Throughout the semester, we did a few guided full-scale garments (such as my button-down shirt and an unblogged bias-cut skirt). For our big final project, we were instructed to draft a garment of our own design, then sew it in fashion fabric. We were… Continue reading Final project: silk blouse and skirt
Wow, a whole month of me-made clothing! Despite my initial pledge to wear handmade items only 4 days a week, I made it through the entire month wearing at least one me-made garment every day! I didn't think I had so many homemade clothes! Here's the final round up:May 25, Sunday: Strawberry picking and dinner… Continue reading Me-Made-May: final round up!
It's true: receiving a bunch of underwear fabric in the mail makes it really difficult to focus on the things I'm supposed to be doing. Just seeing all that beautiful silk and stretch lace....knowing that a pair of underwear will take 30-45 minutes...well, clearly I had to make two pairs. Stretch silk in salmon (Mood)Stretch… Continue reading Silk undies as a form of procrastination
Despite popular belief, it really isn't that bad being short. At 5'1", I've got step stools all around the house and I can manage just fine, thank you very much. My biggest beef with being petite is that non-petite clothing just doesn't fit. It's one of the main reasons I sew my own clothing: with… Continue reading Sewing Indie Month: My SBCC/Britex outfit
Oops, my weekly roundup is a few days late! I'm sure you were all anxiously waiting 🙂 I've managed to maintain my streak of at least one handmade garment each day with only one (the first!) repeat garment. Not bad! And now for the week's outfits:May 18, Sunday: 30-mile bike ride event in Watsonville, CA.… Continue reading Me-Made-May Round-up #3
I just don't like the look of pants without pockets on the back. Even one pocket is good enough for me, just something to break up the wide expanse of fabric covering my bottom. But even when pants or shorts patterns don't have this feature provided, you can still add one! There are tons of… Continue reading Put a welt pocket on it! (Tutorial and free pattern)
Bea & Lucille 