Do you work on several sewing projects simultaneously or do one project from start to finish before doing the next one? I’ve always done the latter and until recently it even didn’t occur to me that the other option was…
Do you work on several sewing projects simultaneously or do one project from start to finish before doing the next one? I’ve always done the latter and until recently it even didn’t occur to me that the other option was…
Aah, sewing mistakes. I’ve done so many over the years, and I’ll admit that I sometimes glance a bit enviously at fairly new sewists who seems to already have figured out what has took me years, or even decades, to…
I’ve been sewing for over 30 years and boy has sewing changed a lot during this period! I’ve been through both sewing recessions and sewing booms and seen many pattern companies and fabric stores come and go in the process.…
Today I’m the featured member on Burdastyle.com (I’m pretty, pretty psyched about that!). I really enjoyed answering the questions, it made me think about things I’ve never tried to articulate before, like how to describe my personal style and my…
Pretty much exactly 3 years ago I stopped blogging. So what happened? Well the causing factor was that I fell hard when I was participating in a 12-hour roller skate relay (while not wearing a wrist guard, silly me). I…
As I might have mentioned before I started sewing clothes at a rather young age, I was only 11 when I made my first pair of pants and as a teenager I was already making a substanal amount of my…
Long time, no blog. All is well with me, I just ended up having an unexpected hiatus. But now I finally got a new project going. I cut the pieces for my reward dress today and pinned them together on my…
Tonight I boarding a plane to London for an extended weekend trip. I’m traveling alone this time, something I have not done in over a decade, and I plan to do all the stuff that would bore my kids/partner/friends senseless,…
Dear Simplicity Pattern Company It’s not that I don’t understand the concept of wearing ease. In fact I think leisure wear should be a bit roomy, it’s more comfortable that way. But what I don’t understand is why you have…
I was thinking about this the other day and realized that the reasons have changed a lot over the years. When I started sewing at the age of 11 it was mostly because I was bursting with ideas and really…
Well the holidays are over and tomorrow I’ll go back to my regular work schedule. It feels a bit weird as I gotten used to a very relaxed way of life. I’ve worked only three days during the last fortnight…
Cardigan in wool jersey with pearl appliques. The pattern is drafted by me using my personal knit top block as a starting point. It took a bit longer than expected, mostly due to all the handstitching involved, but now my…