Dec 31, 2013
PETER SINGS -- New Year's Wishes from MPB!
Friends, I've decided to skip the usual end-of-year reviews and leave you instead with a simple holiday song, sung in a simple holiday house coat.
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Peter on video
Dec 30, 2013
She Hated It.
I wish I had good news to share about my mother's reaction to the psychedelic robe I made her this weekend.
Labels:
completed projects,
mothers
Dec 29, 2013
Dec 28, 2013
A (Psychedelic) Robe for Mom
A few weeks ago my mother came over for lunch and said she needed a bathrobe, so we looked online and ordered one from Macy's (their Charter Club label). Yesterday she told me it had arrived and was dreadful, so I told her to bring it down with her the next time she came over, and I'd return it for her.
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mothers,
works in progress
Dec 27, 2013
Dec 23, 2013
Tweed Coat Selfies + New Hat!
Readers, is it still called a selfie if you balance your camera on a flat surface and switch it to auto mode, or do you have to be holding it in your hand and standing in front of a bathroom mirror?
Labels:
completed projects,
Hats,
mens peacoat
Dec 21, 2013
Goldilocks and the Three Linings
Friends, you may recall that a few days before Coatmas, I was in the process of putting the finishing touches on my donegal tweed peacoat.
Labels:
completed projects,
mens peacoat
Dec 19, 2013
My Tweed Coat Revealed -- MERRY COATMAS!
Readers, it's hard to believe, but Coatmas is finally here!
You can see my completed tweed peacoat over at the Mood Sewing Network today! (And I do hope you're not offended by some obvious urban lumberjack styling.)
Dec 17, 2013
The Urban Lumberjack Look -- YEA or NAY?
Friends, I know that for many of you -- particularly you Pacific Northwesterners -- the urban lumberjack look isn't really a look at all; it's just the normal way men dress.
Labels:
mens fashion,
YEA or NAY?
Dec 16, 2013
Dec 14, 2013
Five Days to Coatmas!
Readers, you know I'm not big on the holidays, but this coming Thursday, December 19, I will be celebrating Coatmas. And I do hope you'll join me.
Labels:
flea market,
Hats,
mens peacoat,
my life
Dec 13, 2013
Dec 12, 2013
One Victory, One Defeat
Good news and not-so-good news today, friends. Naturally, this is all in reference to my tweed peacoat -- the only thing on my mind these days.
Labels:
mens peacoat,
works in progress
Dec 11, 2013
Dec 9, 2013
Peacoat Progress -- a lot of pad stitching (and a little fusing too)
Today I worked primarily on the undercollar and undercollar stand (two separate pieces) of my peacoat.
Labels:
interfacing,
mens peacoat,
works in progress
Dec 8, 2013
A Swingin' Sewing Machine for a Groovy Guy
Friends, you are to be forgiven for thinking that this portable, circa-1969 sewing machine looks an awful lot like an Elna Lotus -- on acid.
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sewing machines,
video
Dec 6, 2013
Dec 4, 2013
Dip-Dye Fashion -- YEA or NAY?
Readers, I'm open-minded. I like all kinds of looks and, even if I wouldn't wear them, enjoy all sorts of contemporary trends.
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YEA or NAY?
Dec 3, 2013
Things I Don't Get, Vol 12 -- The $2,025 Vintage Sundress Pattern
Yes, you read that correctly: two thousand and twenty-five dollars. For a sundress pattern on eBay. Yesterday.
And that doesn't even include shipping!
Labels:
patterns,
YEA or NAY?
Dec 2, 2013
Dec 1, 2013
Gifts For Cathy + "Who Wears It Best?"
Friends, I don't formally celebrate any of those gift-giving holidays this time of year, but there's something about the season that makes one want to buy stuff. Am I right?
Labels:
flea market,
my life
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