As soon as I finished those costumes last Saturday, I decided that I was starting my birthday month a little early and I was going to do what I want. So Sunday, when I should have been putting in my…
Monthly Archives: October 2015
KCW: And… Costumes Done!
I actually finished this whole thing Saturday. We were going to do the haunted walk in Prospect Park that afternoon and the girls wanted to wear their costumes. Or rather, I wanted them to be able to wear them. So…
Tagged with: children's clothes, costume, halloween, makingchildrensclothes, maleficent, oliver + s, sewing
Posted in Sewing
Posted in Sewing
Photo Monday – The Daily Walk
Everyday, V and I walk E to school. Then, I walk V to preschool. Everyday, I look around as I walk and take it all in. The brownstones, the ironwork, the trees, the stoops… It’s a beautiful neighborhood. And ever…
KCW: First Costume Done!
I always sign up for Kids Clothes Week. This year, it falls at just the right time for costume sewing. E wants to be young Maleficent and V wants to be Unikitty (from The Lego Movie). I started with the…
Tagged with: children's clothes, costume, halloween, jalie, jennuinedesign, kids clothes week, makingchildrensclothes, sewing, unikitty, unikittycostume
Posted in Sewing
Posted in Sewing
The Learning Sweater
I finished that sweater from last week! And I actually like it a lot despite its many, many mistakes and imperfections. First off, details. Pattern is McCalls 6796, size 16. I did the large collar with the long sleeves. Fabric…
Tagged with: machine knitting, mccallspatterns, personalsewing, sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Photo Monday – Rhinebeck
It was the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival last weekend. Rhinebeck for short. It’s huge and I love it. Fiber Flame Studio were here again this year so we did that first. The projects are easy and fun.…
Tagged with: 50mm, animalphotography, child photography, new york state sheep and wool festival, photography, rhinebeck
Posted in Photo Monday
Posted in Photo Monday
Not Slow Enough
I keep meaning to make more knits on my machine and learning to sew them up. It’s a sloooooow process. So much so that I just never get around to it, preferring to sew up commercial fabrics. And then, Pattern…
Tagged with: machine knitting, personalsewing, sewing, slowfashionoctober
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Knitting, Sewing
