Posts Tagged ‘ wardrobe ’

Finishing more and more

Today was just a silly sleeve job on a long fine wool sweater dress, a black Nina Ricci that goes almost to my toes. The short sleeves were too long still and frumpy looking.It’s not a length I normally wear but it looks like an amazing canvas for jewelry: Probably piles of long necklaces. And [ READ MORE ]

Spring inspiration

First I’m looking at shapes: I keep picking up patterns in these shapes is the good news[ READ MORE ]

Holy f-ing idea!

Finishing. Brilliant. I’m so terrible at it. And then my brain also gets cluttered. It feels so good to complete things, and even better when they work and you actually want to wear them. Of all the join-ups out there right now, this is the project I want to hop onto. Then again, so’s this [ READ MORE ]

Wardrobe: Keep it or pitch it?

In culling my closet, I’m trying to be honest and stick to the rules. That’s harder than it seemed. Take this guy. Fantastic magenta blouse. I put it on. I applied the rules, ignoring the brand name (“Shapely”). Solid magenta color (#6): Keep it. Doesn’t need ironing (#10): Keep it. Simple design, kicky cuffs, fabric [ READ MORE ]

More thinking about A Wardrobe

My sewing time is precious and small, right? And lately, I’ve had some big misses with projects. And the things I’ve managed to finish, I haven’t been so excited to put on. And my everyday has some serious holes. Also I’m easily distracted. I took the advice of a bunch of smart sewers, mostly ladies, [ READ MORE ]

Word on Georgie-girl

Sleeping standing up. Nose pokes out.

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