This is mail order 4853 , in the red/white/blue houndstooth I bought for $1 per yard in LA. One of my favourite things about vintage pattern...

Made another Vogue 2980 this afternoon. This time with the long sleeves, in the knit I bought from Darn Cheap back in February. What more c...

I decided I need some more staples (no, not office supplies... mmm, office supplies) rather, I needed some skirts and tops. Two skirts with ...

Dress for Signorina Quattro's birthday next month: It's vintage simplicity 6990, in the 1970s seersucker bought at the vintage fair ...

It seems like I haven't bought a pattern on eBay for ages, but I couldn't resist this cute frock: It's mail order 4853, and the...

I made this frock last year, but I never wore it. I think it was the huuuuge collar. It was too much for me. So I gave it to my friend S,...

I had other play with the embroidery machine today. I found some sweet free designs on the net - the swallow from Skully on SewForum.com, a...

Here is my first go at the new embroidery machine (well, I did stitch out a one-colour word first, but that isn't very exciting, ergo t...

Recently I have added a few of extra sewing / pattern cutting books to the collection, to wit: Donald McCunn How to make sewing patterns (f...

I'm off to Sydney this weekend to join Kitty for an excursion to the Sydney Vintage Show , so of course I had to make a new frock. This ...

This is an 'inspired by' frock. I saw a similar frock at H&M when I was in Los Angeles. (I won't link to the H&M websi...

I haven't been sewing lately, because I've been here: I bought a few pieces of fabric: one yard of 'midcentury modern' quilt...