Clothing
Last night, I took a break from my holiday gift making frenzy to sew a little something for myself. I’ve wanted to make a replacement for my favorite well-loved (read: raggedy) t-shirt for a while—it’s the most comfy thing I own, but, of course, it’s no longer available in stores—and with flights coming up next …
The TARDIS and Tin Tin As you may have gathered from my iPhone case cross-stitch pattern, I’m kind of into the TARDIS right now. So, after my first Doctor Who-related costume ideas fell flat—I was going to be the Doctor a la Davit Tennant, but, alas, couldn’t find a boys brown suit—I decided to continue …
Over the past few days, I pushed aside my firm belief that sewing pants is a TERRIFYING idea, and made my muslin for the first step of the Colette Patterns Clover Trouser Sewalong. And, wouldn’t you know, it wasn’t actually that bad! The pants themselves are very simple to construct; there are only four pattern …
To wrap up National Sewing Month, I wrote a fabric crafting-specific review of the Spellbinders Grand Calibur die cutting machine on Craft Test Dummies! So, if you’ve got a die cutter (or think you might want one), and are dying to try it out on fabric, check out my review for tips and tricks on …
