Lotus bag
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in embroidery, general crafts, sewing | No Comments »February has been a busy birthday celebration month. It might be the shortest month of the year, but we've already celebrated two friend's birthday and there is another celebration this weekend. Days before R's birthday, I was looking at PurlBee's sewing ...
Luna de…fabric?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in sewing, skirt | 2 Comments »The honeymoon, Luna de Miel in Spanish, is defined as "a holiday taken by a newly married couple" never did I think it would involve buying fabric! It was a crisp, beautiful October morning in Madrid and we were heading to ...
Simplicity 5914
Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in sewing, skirt | No Comments »This is one of the skirts that brought back the seamstress in me after more than a decade. I was a little nervous to sew again; for many years I had only sewn hems, lots of pillows and a picnic blanket...but ...
My hips don’t lie
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in sewing | No Comments »When I was a kid, I loved making my dolls dresses and fancy skirts, furniture, houses, etc, etc. Doll's clothes were extremely expensive for someone without an allowance (and a bit hard to find in a small-town-third-world-country setting) so there ...