I'm sure those who believe in muslins are wondering if I had made a muslin wouldn't that have resolved my fit issues.  However, what...

The minute I started to handle this fabric, as in lay on the cutting table waiting to be cut out, I knew that it was too thin for me. If I...

As promised here are the results of the pretreating tests.  I cut three 3" squares like Christine suggests.  Then I washed and dried on...

That's what I'm calling Vogue 1247. I love the version that Adonishing Dressing for Dinner made and it really inspired me to mak...

During my hiatus, I read about the boatload of Liberty of London prints that fabric.com had acquired.  Now they've got this in the tana ...

Friday begins a three-day weekend and I've decided that during this weekend, I will make my version of the Christine Jonson Princess Dre...

That's right - fabric and pattern have arrived safely at Casa de Sewing Fanatic!  And I'm thrilled...can't wait to get started ...

Yes, I made another knit dress!  I know I can't believe it either because that makes 4 knit dresses in a row.  But when I got home from...

I just could not leave well enough alone.  After seeing Erica's version , I longed for just one more of my own.  Just one more Vogue 125...

The most amazing thing happened to me yesterday afternoon and it started with an email.  Seriously a simple email with a version of a title ...

Ann of Gorgeous Things put that simple sentence in her last post and of all the information there, that's what I latched onto! *smile* ...

The Butterick 5600 dress is almost done... Why is it almost done and not completely finished?  Two words... hand stitching .  Seriously, t...

I am in the throes of a severe case of Sewing ADD.  There are so many new patterns that I want to sew...with so much fabric inspiration...wh...

The last Club BMV pattern sale was that all Vogues were $3.49 each and McCalls & Buttericks were $1.88 each for club members - but here...

It's been a really packed weekend!  My oldest daughter celebrated her 30th Birthday on Saturday evening at a local restuarant.  My mo...

Once I decided to use my TNT dress pattern as the basis for my pattern alterations, fit became a non-issue in getting the dress started.  It...

Somewhere a few posts back, I mentioned that my next project was going to be Butterick 5600...and nuthin' right!  Instead I use a kewl p...

I've been waiting for Sharon ( Communing with Fabric ) to get home before talking about the trip we took to Fabric Mart last weekend.  S...