Sewing
My tap pants tutorial, How-To: Make a Custom Pair of Tap Pants, is now up on CRAFT! How-To: Make a Custom Pair of Tap Pants For me, summer in NYC means two things: 1) I will eventually wear a light skirt into the subway when my hands are full, and 2) on that day, when …
Ok. I’ll admit that it may have been a little bit too ambitious to think that I was going to start and finish two skirts with pockets this afternoon. Nonetheless, progress was made: I managed to make the pattern AND cut out the pieces for both. Luckily, they’re just simple a-line skirts, so the sewing …
Above: FOE in action from the Angry Chicken 5-Minute Skirt I’ve been fighting with my latest sewing obsession, fold-over elastic, for days. I just haven’t been able to figure out how to keep the stretch consistent, specifically on non-stretchy fabric, where I need an even gather. (It probably doesn’t help that I’m trying to learn …
Jersey Tank Tutorial from Notions and Non-Stick Image care of http://notionsandnonstick.com/ I sense a trip to Mood coming on! (What? There are lots of things I can make with a giant stack of jersey prints.) The Elastic-Waist Flirt Skirt from Growing Home Photo care of http://www.mygrowinghome.com/ Maybe it’s just me, but I find comfy skirts …
