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One Lutterloh Pattern, Three Ways, Two Sizes
One Pattern Three Ways, Two Sizes I LOVE this Lutterloh pattern. Such an elegant silhouette. The color in the fashion illustration is uninspiring. But as a sewist, a creative, a designer, I can see the beauty, the simplicity and how the design will be transformed by the fabric used. Let’s start with today…
Buttons! Buttons! Buttons!
Buttons!~ Buttons! I love buttons! Buttons are not merely functional. They can be the finishing touch on a garment.They add style, whimsy and color. They can rock a basic shirt and make it sing with trendiness. When MissMeliss was young and I sewed for her I made clothing with ladybug buttons. I added buttons down…
Susan Sews Another Lutterloh Blouse in Chambray with a BIG Surprise!
Once last century when we were still in the Old Country, My Beloved was hanging some of my blouses. He said, “You are certainly the Denim Queen.” I was puzzled by these words. So I took a look in my closet. I had a chambray colored Nautica shirt, a denim Faconable shirt and an unknown…
Some Thoughts on the Satisfactions of Sewing
Suz, my feminist guardian angel with the messy hair and dented halo, has been singing with the heavenly chorus and will be back after New Years. All of the choirs of angels were working extra hard since election day to help to salve the souls of those of us that are despairing and…
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…
Susan Sews a Light as a Feather 1980s Lutterloh Blouse
Summer is upon us,and that means wear as little clothing as possible. I have had this lovely crocheted lace in my stash for years. I have made a blouse entirely out of the lace. I still have it, but it is 100% see-through. I have also had this dotted cotton just as long. What lovely…
Susan Sews a Lovely, Linen, Lutterloh Blouse
Yellow, I love the color. My new house is yellow. I have always wanted to live in a yellow house. This is the first house that lends itself to that color. My guest bedroom is yellow with a yellow coverlet. And last week I made this lovely, soft, butter-yellow linen blouse. It is a basic…
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 Melted Her Scissors with a Hot Iron…Again!
Over on my favorite sewing website,Pattern Review Many of us have been discussing what sewing is like now that we Boomers are seniors. Gone are the days when I could whip out a mini skirt or two in the morning before school. Or even in my 30s when I made entire…
