Last Summer Skirt
Greeting me inside LaRoque two days ago was a cute summer dress made from one of my favorite Amy Butler fabrics. It just so happened I bought two yards of the fabric over a year ago, and seeing this...
View ArticleThe Top of Many Lessons
Oh my goodness. I thought this would be sooooo simple – loose fitting, no zippers, darts or buttonholes. My first Peasant Top. I know it’s not the Milly top I posted, but I like it. My mother gave me...
View ArticleObsessions
Hmmmm…….. I’m feeling divided. My goal is to make clothes and not buy clothes for one year. Through my self imposed challenge which will save me lots and lots of money, improve my sewing skills and...
View ArticleSecond Peasant Top
I’m not really sure I would call this a Peasant Top, and it’s nothing like what I was expecting from this New Look pattern. While visiting family last weekend I heard a wonderful sermon at Seven...
View ArticleRuffles!
I’m ending the first month of my one year promise to make and not buy clothes with ruffles! Around a year ago I saw these beautiful tops on the LaRoque website....
View ArticleLiberty of London Part II
My last trip to London was three years ago. My daughters were with me and I enthusiastically prepared them for our shopping trip to Liberty of London, but sadly, things had changed. No more...
View ArticleSeventeen Years Later
Well, I did it! I am now wearing the beautiful silk that I’ve been afraid to touch for 17 years. I finished it just in time to take on a business trip with my husband to Palm Springs and...
View ArticleRobe de Soirée
It has been eighteen days since my last post! Making an evening gown consumed every precious free moment I’ve had – physically, intellectually and emotionally. The ball is in five days and the dress...
View ArticleIn the MOOD
I’m envious of anyone who finds time to sew clothes in December! I’ve not sewn since early December – but I’ve not bought a single item of clothing either. However, this week I had the good fortune to...
View ArticleKNOCK KNOCK
Who’s there? O R A N G E. Orange who? Orange you going to ask what possessed me to order all of this L O U D fabric? __________________________________________ Bigger, Brighter and Bolder does not...
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