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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…
Happy New Year! Looking Back Looking Forward…
December 31, 2017 La Paz Baja California Sur… This year is drawing to a close. This day started with a lovely breakfast at Bon Appetit in the village near our house. Our breakfast was accompanied by mimosas. A neighbor popped in and said he was meeting four other people. The restaurant is small and can…
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 Designs Bags!
Lazy Girl Designs when Miss Melysse asked me to make her a special toe bag to take to a writer’s workshop in San Francisco. She was into pink. And she is always into coffee. That was 2007. I made a spectacular bag with a pink body with sequins scattered on it, and the pockets were…
Susan Sews a Polka Dot Chambray Blouse , A Lekala Pattern
Is it a blouse or is it a shirt? Since it it chambray, I tend to say shirt, even when I am making a blouse. What’s the difference? Well for one, a blouse is usually a garment for girls and women. A shirt originally designed for men, is a style worn by women and girls…
Susan Sews a White Linen Lutterloh Skirt & Saves $100s
Well here I am entering another contest on Pattern Review (PR). Back in 2007 or 2008 when I joined PR I was just returning to garment sewing. As a result of the 2008 economic crisis, I had lost my job. I was a little lost. That is when my Beloved said, “Go Sew, just…
A Passel of Pants; Shorts and Capris Using my Fit for Art Platinum Pants Pattern
Last month on Pattern Review (PR) there was a perfect contest for me and the way that I sew. I usually will make a pair of shorts or pants or Capris or all three and then make a couple of tops to coordinate. It was the Endless Combination Contest. It was simple make a minimum…
A Purple Batik Blouse
Sew, I had decided to enter the Pattern Review Sewing Bee challenge. The challenge was to make a fitted blouse, and to also use creative touches to make it our own. This contest looked like great fun, and I was ready. This challenge was intense and was to be completed by Monday September 7th, it…
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…
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…
