Why is this woman smiling? (Well, because her dress is kick-ass, that’s one reason.) The other is because she probably (like me) just found out about this wonderful new project from Minh-Ha Pham of Of another Fashion. (Thanks Kat G for the link!) Pham is collecting images of women of color, who, as she points …
The first thing is that I was only vaguely aware that you could go get people’s old abandoned photographs on the Internet. Which seems vaguely creepy to me, but out there somewhere a photoblogger is posting “Did you know that you can get people’s old clothes on the Internet? That seems vaguely creepy to me.” …
So Rita, over at Cemetarian, has three of this pattern to give away: And I don’t blame her, if I had this in my house I’d give it away, too. So, speaking of things you give away at holiday time, if you actually want one of these patterns, leave a comment about the best/worst/funniest/most unsuitable …
Dear dress A Day Readers, I hope you had a marvelous holiday, with lots of loved and charming people around and laughing and eating delicious things. I had a wonderful time myself, and part of that was thanks to all of you! I know the gift of your kind attention wasn’t really a holiday one …
Look, I understand I’m itchy, however is that my fault? Can’t you offer with it, suck it up, wear a slip? You can do something, I’m sure. laundry me again? That may work. I don’t imply to be itchy – I’m not trying to drive you nuts. You cut out my label – that ought …
My spouse amazed me with three vintage sewing machines and two treadle stands for Valentine’s Day. These will last so much longer than flowers or chocolates! They certainly made me happier, too. I’m still smiling. The dressmaker’s treadle stand has a larger wheel for faster sewing. Last week I discussed to my spouse that I’d …
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have you all checked out alittlegoodness’s Etsy site yet? I desperately requirement this fabric. (If by ‘desperately’, you indicate ‘after stitching up the 15 lawns I desperately needed *last* week.’) Included in that 15 lawns was a great chunk of this fabric, which I published about yonks ago, as well as which is now back …
delighted fourth of July/Independence Day, for those of you who celebrate it! I celebrate it, since today is likewise my wedding event anniversary. (Happy 20th to my dear husband, hope you can put up with me for twenty a lot more years …) Here is a thematically-appropriate vogue 9929: This gown was a bit of …
I’m not going to have a great deal of time to sew this autumn, so I’ve been truly believing about doing some type of switch (Sewing With A Plan) program to ensure that I don’t do as I typically do, which is make totally random products that coordinate only in the sense that they all …
[image is by Andy Warhol © 2015 The Andy Warhol foundation for the visual Arts, Inc. / artists Rights society (ARS), new York] So the other day, people in the comments were speaking about leggings. I’m quite agnostic about leggings, however the whole discussion (which centered on the truth that it can be *really* difficult …