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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…
Lutterloh Patterns Have No Instructions? Not True!
As the group administrator for the Lutterloh Systems closed group on Facebook, I see lots of comments and questions from new and experienced users. And from those that are afraid to get started because “…there are no instructions with Lutterloh patterns…” I have even used those words in my reviews of garments I have…
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…
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…
Print Mixing Gone Zebra. Another Lutterloh Blouse
Here she goes again! Blouse number three from the same pattern! And why not? I like this blouse pattern very much. It fits, and it has shape. By having a button band/placket, a collar and collar stand and sleeves with cuffs it offers lots of opportunities for mixing prints and colors. something I love to…
Susan’s Sensational Street Style Scarf; A Free PDF Pattern!
Scarves… I love them! They are soft and silky even when they are not made of silk. My childhood heroes, Princess Grace, Audrey Hepburn, my Mother Esther Natale Klindienst and my namesake “Auntie Annette” all wore scarves. My mother had style, and she imparted that style to me. She always taught me to accessorize. “…
Eureka! Pants That Fit…I Made them!
“Sewing pants is easy…” “…However, developing pants with a flattering and comfortable fit has challenged women for as long as women have been wearing pants…” SarahVeblen, fit expert and designer. This is the re-cap of my year-long quest for perfectly fitting pants. It all depends on getting a properly fitted crotch curve that allows your…
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…
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,…
