Unique Designs and Technique for the Handknitter. Please check out the links in the right sidebar for navigation. If you want to see a portfolio of my designs or buy patterns, click on Design Purchase and Info. The Scintilla Hat and Mitts Set. Features an allover honeycomb cable pattern, but hidden.

I know it might be unusual to buy wooden sandals from a stranger on the internet. Know how to do is make a list quotes from customer emails, and that seems weird to me. But, there is currently feedback from over 100 customers at Etsy. Then check out the comments here.

The thoughts, sewing projects, and fabric oglings of a dedicated sewist. Last year I published a post on gifts for young sewists to help out the parents of my tween students. You can find that post here. This year, I thought I would focus on what to get folks who are fairly new to sewing.

For anyone interested in sewing fashion, the craft of sewing or anything sewing. Fabulous jacket workshop in December. The fabric is a silk and wool blend from Sawyerbrook.

Julia Baker meets June Cleaver . , Home Economics is still en Vogue. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Vogue 1395 - Breezy Rebecca Taylor Summer Dress. Bold and beautiful Anna Sui silk voile, a pale soft yellow topped with bold vibrant sunflowers on flocked dots, little texture. This fabric is extremely breathable. As stated in my previous post about this dress, my confidence was boosted after working out the fit issues and ignoring the recommendation indicated on the pattern envelope. Will I sew it again? .

Welcome to In the Sketchbook,. A monthly look at fashion design sketches that we are working on for ourselves. Sketching garments on a personal croquis is a great way for the individual couture enthusiast to move beyond the use of commercial patterns and into a world of personalized design! I like it. Maybe with contrasting fabric, maybe not.