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I lived on Florida’s east coast growing up and all the shrimp boats put up lights on their rigging and decked out the whole thing in holiday decor. They sailed them down the river. It was so festive. Downtown was all decorated and as you looked down main street you could see the boats docked. They also decorated the water tower including a big…[Read more]

Lawn for the shirt, chambray and some faux shearling for the jacket (nightmare to sew with I think!) and some dotty medium weight cotton/linen blend fir the trews.

I’m feeding pretty much every 1.5 hours round the clock, it WILL settle down! I’m doing very little bits of sewing when possible, hopefully sewing room will be finished next week so I…[Read more]

Lawn for the shirt, chambray and some faux shearling for the jacket (nightmare to sew with I think!) and some dotty medium weight cotton/linen blend fir the trews.

I’m feeding pretty much every 1.5 hours round the clock, it WILL settle down! I’m doing very little bits of sewing when possible, hopefully sewing room will be finished next week so I…[Read more]

What a fun thread! @meleliza, I also love the Christmas in the city atmosphere, although I have yet to experience the cities you mentioned! During the years I lived in the Chicago area, we would often brave the wind chill and go down to Michigan Ave.

My most spectacular holiday experiences would definitely have to be the few times I spent NYE on…[Read more]

More of a breakdown and quick link on Topic Categories: General Sewing Discussion; Patterns; Off Topic.

Sorry. Ignore me. I just read the current topics. They are the pattern names. I thought they were just chit chat, such as Puppet Show, Ice Cream. I did not know they were patterns until I read the topic description. For example, the liesl + co:…[Read more]

Hope it goes as well as possible tomorrow, Tamara!

Hope it goes as well as possible tomorrow, Tamara!

I love the field trip! These are my goto pants. I have made them 3T with 4 length plus 2×2″ growth hems. I made them last may and they are still going very strongly and we have only let down the first 2″.

Finished Imogen’s dress but I don’t know why the muslin bodice fit well yet the real one was slightly too big. Nevermind she may only wear it once.

I managed to find some grey trousers for Noah but as we mostly have problems with rtw I have to rearrange a button so the poor boy doesn’t feel strangled when he sits down. I also found a white shirt…[Read more]

Finished Imogen’s dress but I don’t know why the muslin bodice fit well yet the real one was slightly too big. Nevermind she may only wear it once.

I managed to find some grey trousers for Noah but as we mostly have problems with rtw I have to rearrange a button so the poor boy doesn’t feel strangled when he sits down. I also found a white shirt…[Read more]