Party Dress Fever.

So… I was at work when I first discovered the book Party Dress by Mary Adams.  I lay down my credit card and took it home that day.  I loved reading about her experiences as an Oregon girl to being a dress maker in New York and then her process is astounding simple and clean [...]

FREE- pattern… pleated skirt with exposed zipper and grosgrain.

I call this the math skirt.  This skirt is fun and easy with sweet detail like ribbons and lace.  It can be the perfect plaid school girl skirt or if its done in denim or corduroy yer cowgirl skirt. It could be a great summer skirt in an eyelet (lined, of course) or a winter [...]

Hey look… 3 more free apron patterns.

Seems like when it rains… it pours free patterns: -Nancy’s Sewing Basket (safe haven/ evil addiction employer) also put out a simple apron pattern they call the Manhattan Apron.  Here are PDF one  and PDF two. -While I was surfing I found that Selvedge Magazine put out a cute little free PDF called Tie Your [...]

Free Apron pattern… because I LUV SUMMER.

Materials: ½ —–yard of a base fabric (I used an Indian cotton voile). ¾  —–yard of a coordinating fabric (I used a Jay McCarroll printed cotton). 2 ¼ —–yards of ribbon (I used two grosgrain ribbons layered and stitch with a machine   embroidery stitch). -Wash all fabric to clean and shrink.  All seams are ½” -Cut [...]

Sewing Classes

I finally posted the class schedule on the Nancy’s Sewing Basket Website.  Sorry for the delay.  If you are in the Seattle Area… we really have some fun!  Posted are the basic sewing classes as well as Candace Kling  ribbon manipulation classes.  I posted about her here.

Just like home.

Seattle is starting to look like Tahoe (where I spent my childhood) with its 6-12 inches of snow over the last two days. In other news- I made nuts instead of going to work today. I made a sweet batch and a savory batch. Sweet batch: 6 cup raw nut mix (I used three pecan and [...]

Fantastic Ribbon Manipulation from a top researcher

MMM-MMM good! This is a shot from Orrapin, one of my favorite restaurants in Queen Anne, Seattle.  Orrapinis a very nice woman and the food is always delish. The weekend before Halloween Nancy’s (day job) hosted their bi-annual Candace KlingRibbon Classes.  I have never been able to attend the class nor meet Candace but this time [...]

Save a tree and make your own grocery bag- free pattern!!

The city of Seattle may be banning plastic bags soon.  Nancy Sewing Basket (my day job) made a little DIY PDF.  You can find it here and here.  Sorry for the two links but my boss made two PDFs so we could print (en mass) front and then back.  You can save a tree and print [...]