I’m a bit of an ambivert. I love sewing garments, and I nearly equally love sewing quilts. There are a few beautiful quilted jacket patterns (and makes) out there, such as the Parchment Jacket by Closet Core or the Tamarack…
The Allover Florals project was inspired by a few things: This was my first make using this pattern. I made size 8 **** of the just passed the knee version. I used the pattern, as is, with no other hacks…
Taking chances can sometimes pay off in a simply beautiful find. The Alabaster Top available by membership to Closet Core Crew, is a good example. The asymmetry startled me at first. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s beautiful, but…
Lessons from a Fairfield Tiger, of which, there are many! I made this shirt for my husband during the Year of the Tiger 😀 Not because of the Lunar New Year, per se, but because it was something he genuinely…
Until today, I KNEW about the benefits of sewing machine maintenance, such as: But I had never actually EXPERIENCED a maintained sewing machine. I’ve been sewing for 9-10 years on the same machine, majority of my sewing being in the…
Soooooo I found a swimsuit at Walmart and l really wanted to buy it, but when I showed a picture to my husband, his response was, “so are you gonna make it?” I had never made a swimsuit before and…
Have you ever needed to rebind your own book? I had an old but much loved Bible that had lost its cover a long time ago. I had thought of getting it rebound, but I never got around to figuring…
In the free motion stitching class that I took in the fall, we made fabric leaves and a candle holder for autumn décor. I loved this, as I didn’t have any decorations for fall, and felt my home was lacking….
Gathering the photo to stitch Apparently you can print digital images onto plain, thin fabric using your home printer. You just tape or glue a piece of printer paper underneath so it feeds properly, and you make sure your piece…
Dabbling with watercolor crayons I took a class on how to do free motion stitching and our fourth assignment resulted in a beautiful journal cover. In order to get inspiration for this piece, each of the students in the free-motion…