Readers, some updates -- it's been a while!

Readers, the parka is finished and I feel very glamorous in it.

  While I stayed pretty close to the original pattern when sewing my N3-B parka from my Japanese pattern book, I did make a few changes.

Readers, I purchased Ryuichiro Shimazaki's book of men's military coat patterns (above) back in 2014 and, while I would page throug...

Friends, I so enjoyed inventorying my outerwear a few weeks ago that I've decided to continue the process.

Friends, I found this wonderful double-faced Pendleton (or Pendleton-style) wool coating at It's A Material World (one of my favorite st...

Friends, another year has ended and it's time formally to bid it farewell.

Friends, the flight suit is finished and here I am wearing it!

Readers, my flight suit project has been extremely enjoyable but it has not been without its challenges.

  As my long-time readers may already know,  I've had very mixed results with one-piece garments.

Michael's coat is finished -- a few days after his birthday I'm afraid -- and here are some photos of him wearing it!

  Friends, if there was anything I obsessed over in making Michael's faux fur coat, it was the front pockets.

I promised to make Michael a faux fur coat three years ago; it didn't happen but I'm determined to have one ready for his birthday t...

Friends, the jacket is done and here I am wearing it!

Readers, more than five years ago I purchased this Australian Bush Outfit pattern, Folkwear 130, with the intention of making a safari jacket.