Welllllllllllllllllllll, this happened over the weekend. I've been dying to get a new sewing machine for a longggggg while now, my previous sewing machine was beginner friendly and I'd had for over 5yrs, not that there's anything wrong with a sewing machine that old but I had long since outgrown it and frankly it was making sewing turn...

                                                This is a blogging summer challenge started by Nancy, who has kicked cancers ass. She has kindly made the challenge open to bloggers and non-bloggers of any niche. Check out her page to...

This is my first attempt at a dolman sleeve top, SURPRISE, SURPRISE. And it's not because I was scared to attempt it, quite the contrary, I raised my nose at it thinking it was way too easy for me and my sewing superpowers.  NO, NO..........i craved excitement, challenges, ways to sharpen and grow my sewing skills.......RIGHT?   Well...

 Or more to the point................................WHY DO I SEW? Stranger: Oh I love this your top Me: Thanks a lot, yeah I love the yellow fabric Stranger: Yeah it's very lovely, where did you get it? Me: I sewed it Stranger: Oh ok, which tailor? Me: No, I mean I sewed it myself Stranger: You sew? (Startled face). Please sew for me. Me: Oh sorry...

"Every girl needs a ruffled wrap skirt" I can't say this is a statement, I have ever agreed with or totally agree with now since my new skirt was made, but as imperfect as my new ruffled wrap skirt is, I'll have you know that I love it. I am now a very proud member of the ruffled wrap skirt gang....

So, you started sewing recently or maybe you've been sewing for a while, and, have taken on a few projects here and there. You've mended a few clothes, made a simple skirt or two even made a pillowcase with invisible zips. But you still feel like your skills arsenal are a bit lacking, your seam lines are crooked(even the best sewists suffer from this, so,...

I remember when I started hearing the word culottes thrown around in the fashion sphere, I kept going "what the heck are those?" till someone pointed them out to me and I said...........but those are palazzo pants, and, they are, but every recycle has to come with a new name to be bonafide recycle, but you'll forgive me if I use the names int...

Today I'm excited to talk some fashion trends that graced the designer runways. Considering where I live I'm usually most excited about the spring/summer trends because those are things I can/will wear. I know some people cannot abide runway fashion, either because they don't follow fashion trends, or, they find some of the trends these designers come...

So I'm back for the usual roundup and while we're at it do check up the posts from previous months round up as some challenges do run for 6 months or the whole year. JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL ...

 So its another month, and, another roundup of sewing hashtags and challenges to keep you creative and productive for the new month. Now as always, there are year long, 6 month long challenges that started since the beginning of the year, so, do please check them out. January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 But these were what I could...

On the blog today I'm sharing with you guys my first proper pattern drafting tutorial, it's kinda very involved and it's my first one so please do be patient with me. In the tutorial I show you how to draft the front and back bodice, I also show you one way of drafting a short sleeve pattern(i'm still experimenting with different techniques, as sleeves...

This is the continuation of my clothing wardrobe essentials part 1 and like I said before, these are essential because they are the foundation to a good and timeless wardrobe, if these were all you had to wear, you'd be peachy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So without further ado let the games begin........ ...

Its another round up of the sights and sounds in the sewing world, but this time for the month of March. Now there are also some year-long challenges going on but I wrote about them in the posts for January and February, so, do check those out first. Back to March then, here's what I could find ...

In today's post, I'm talking about the essential clothing wardrobe pieces every woman needs. they are essential because everything else can be based on them and if these were your only item of clothing you'd still be fine, OK? And since this is mostly a sewing blog, I'll have some sewing patterns(which I will make clickable) to accompany the items. OK,...

 It's time for another "how to sew zipper series" and for today its one way of sewing an exposed zipper. In case you missed other videos in the series............. Check out how to sew an invisible zipper with a regular zipper foot AND how to sew a railroad/centered zipper                    ...

This is a list of sewing challenges for February I could find. I'll update as I find. Also, there are a couple of year-long tags that I put in Januarys line up,  here is the list for March, April, so when you're done here go check them out. ...

So, I'm well aware that January is almost though, that makes participating in some of these challenges hard or impossible, but, there are some that you can join midway and some last the whole year round. I'm already working on the ones for February. Also thanks to the new Instagram update you can follow hashtags to see posts by other Instagram sewers you...

It's another sewing challenge video HURAYYYYYYYYYYY, I  think these challenges and tags that go along with them, bring the sewing community together, make us more visible to each other and makes our own corner of the big wide internet just that brighter. ...

 Happy 2018 to you guys, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration with your loved ones if you do indeed celebrate. I was so stumped with work, and work-related activities in November, then Christmas prep etc all through December. All in all, I didn't get any type of sewing done in those months. But today is a sewing tag video going...