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I am using scraps of the last dress to make this cute 50s pattern. I went thru a redraft of my kimono sleeve sloper. It's much less baggy in the chest. I think it would look better with shoulder pads.

I am acquiring more ideas than time! That's life!

On sale at Fabric. Com! I don't know what I am going to be doing with this yet, but I do know it makes me weak in the knees! The steep price of cotton has made me change my strategy somewhat. I am now only buying 2 or 3 yards of delicious prints and then buying basic cotton or broadcloth to color block with. I can get more of the non printed cotton at less cost.

My last project was a fall cape. I realized that while tryin to motivate myself to sew that stupid thing that there are some things in sewing that I COULD DO WITHOUT. I am going to outline these things and share in no particular order; here they are: 1. LININGS! They suck. I never get them right. I tried a trick I read last time and curved it around the dress form and trimmed the excess off, The logic being that it sits closer to your body and there fore it is "smaller" than the outer piece. I did this with the cape. I think it worked better than I have  done in the past (less pouching out and sagging), although it created a lining that was shorter in an uneven way than the outter part. It was a circle, so it was shorter at certain parts of the circle. Anyway, I just HATE linings. 2. HEMMING. It's just BORING.  Ussually done when I am too excited about wearting the damn thing to be bothered with a tedious hemming task. This is why I hate sewing curtains. It's 500 mile...

I was totally the belle of the expo! I am not exaggerating! Everyone kept stopping me to ask about my dress! I saw Sandra Betzina in person!!! I bought her books! Here are photos of the books and fabric I bought, and some beautiful quilts and crafts! Enjoy! I wore this green/yellow dress with the photographs of the 50s ladies. Click here for old post with photo