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Vests and the next project 1 Oct 2011 | 08:58 am
I don't think I posted a photo of the blue wool vest I made. I hadn't decided on the buttons, the last time I posted. I went with the same clear plastic button as I used on the jacket of the same fabr...
I'm back! 27 Sep 2011 | 10:59 am
I seem to have taken the entire summer off and more. Good for me! You can check out a bit of a holiday we had in New York State, if you are interested, at my Flickr site here. I taught at Algonquin Co...
Not another pink jacket!? 20 May 2011 | 07:59 am
So there I was, having finished the reversible pink jacket, wondering what to do next. I got out my new Badgley Mischka pattern, thinking I would use it to make the raw silk fabric that I've had for a...
Reversible jacket finished 14 May 2011 | 06:26 am
My pink reversible jacket is done! I am especially pleased with how comfortable it is. It is soft and cozy and unrestricting. I decided in the end to sew on large snaps as fasteners. I had thought of...
Reversible jacket and other things 4 May 2011 | 08:11 am
Other things first: My Dad wrote a book some years ago, about his time in Korea in the early 1950s. It is well written, nice clear prose, and interesting. What was especially poignant was the fact tha...
An embarrassment of riches 1 May 2011 | 12:13 am
Now that I've finished the red linen outfit, I am on to new things. I have been thinking about this double-sided (two layered) fabric I bought some years ago after I won a gift certificate to spend at...
Red dress success! 30 Apr 2011 | 05:01 am
I was really pleased with the outfit (and it was comfortable!) and got lots of compliments on it. The Taiwanese folks at the residence were kind enough to tell me that the large gold character probabl...
Red linen dress and jacket 27 Apr 2011 | 07:21 am
Into the home stretch! I have to wear it in two days, so I'd better be getting finished. On the Friday, some of us going to the charity event went to choose jewelry for our outfits. A jewelry designer...
Red linen dress 18 Apr 2011 | 09:31 am
I have been cutting and cutting and marking and pinning. Now I am sewing. I am doing my usual "assembly line" procedure, sewing all the preliminary bits like darts first. I also have to switch back a...
Figuring out Chinese characters 17 Apr 2011 | 07:39 am
Yesterday, I took a photo of the gold character on the fabric and ran over to my friend May's house and asked her to tell me what it was, or at least, which way was up. The gold one seemed to me to b...
