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Lazy Susan Makes TWO Lazy Girl Designs Bags…For HERSELF
Lazy Susan Makes Two Lazy Girl Designs Bags…For HERSELF! Yes! You read that right/ I made TWO new purses for MYSELF! I sew garments almost exclusively for myself. But purses? There is always a birthday, a holiday, a getwell gift or a “just because” gift to make. I keep fabrics in colors and motifs for…
Susan Sews a Lutterloh Kimono Beach Cover Up
Well… I have been wanting a little kimono type jacket to keep in my bag for what I call AC Protection. It is hot here. And it will get hotter as the summer progresses. And we also have the fifth season of Summer Hell coming in September Walking from the house to the car you…
Mary Sees and Sews Lutterloh for the First Time!
Mary Menz is one of my dearest friends. When we lived in Modesto and even after my Beloved and I moved to Fresno , California she and I used to plan a New Year’s Eve dinner,cook all day and then serve two other couples. We are both avid sewists and feminists and activists. We have…
Lazy Susan Makes Some Lazy Girl Bags!
A long, long time ago,when I was living in my beach house I received a call from my beautiful daughter, MissMeliss. ” Mom! This is Melissa, I need you to sew me something.” What she wanted was a new tote bag to carry her pink MacBook in when she attended a juried writers workshop in…
Susan Sews a Sexy Striped Shirt
Black and White and Striped All Over Do you have a period in your life when sewing was an adventure? Or when you had more time? Or were able to sew quickly and all night long if need be? My friend, Barbara in Nice ( that France bunky) were talking about how fabric stores actually …
A Beach Cover Up, A Polka Dot Vespa, and My First Friend
Back in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where I grew up lived my first friend ever, her name Theresa Pennetti Klco. We were blood sisters, and so were our daughters. So were our mothers.We never went to the same school. But we lived across the street from each other through fourth grade.Our family moved away to…
Where Has Susan Been in the Past Year?
Since just around this time in 2014, the planets aligned and my life changed, Drastically. Wonderfully. And Completely. Here is how it started. In the Spring I decided that enough was enough, I was bone-tired of selling houses. I decided to apply for Social Security and turn my company over to my one and only…
Susan Sets Sail in a Nautical Border Print
the buttons are not tight, they are gaping because of my arm position To me, sailboats are East Coast, and surfboards are West Coast.so when I was up in Vancouver, B.C. last summer and I saw this fabric, I saw surfboards. Well look at the bottom border, on a quick glance they look like surfboards,…
Grrrr, Wild Animal in a Blouse in La Paz
Its mid May 2014. I am on a mission: To create a comfortable, stylish and functional summer wardrobe that will serve for business and casual wear. Yesterday I competed blouse number five in my bevy of blouses. This is another version of the Lekala princess seamed button up blouse pattern number 5114. This is a…
A Little Linen Lekala Blouse for Summer
Summer dressing; it is not easy to look stylish,and crisp and remain cool in summer. And here in Southern Baja, where the searing summer sun cooks you as you walk, and you can see the heat waves shimmering above the sidewalk in front of you, the thought of clothing, sounds like torture.I have a standard…
