A Run on Sewing Machines? + Project UPDATES!

Readers, is it possible -- could there actually be a run on sewing machines?

Window Shopping on Fifth Avenue During a Pandemic

Readers, today I went running up to Central Park and on the way I stopped to take in some store windows on Fifth Avenue.

MPB Day WINTER FROLIC -- THE AWARD WINNERS!

Readers, yesterday we frolicked, we frolicked, oh, how we frolicked!

Summer MPB Days are great fun, of course, but there's something about a winter get-together that's cozier.  Especially since not every Garment District fabric store has air-conditioning but they all have heat!

Style Maker Fabrics Fall Blog Tour -- My Color Blocked Shirt REVEAL!

I was excited to be invited to participate in the Style Maker Fabrics Fall Blog Tour this year -- I love this kind of challenge and it's always fun to see what other people make.

Two New Sewing Machines!

Readers, great news: yesterday at the Chelsea Flea Market, I acquired not one, but two new sewing machines.

MPB Day 2017 -- It Just Gets Awesomer!

Friends, it's hard to believe that yesterday was the seventh annual MPB Day -- we all just get younger and younger!

Fabric Shopping with a Decisive Aussie!

Friends, as much as I like to fabric shop alone, I always have more fun shopping with others, even when I don't purchase anything.

Brick-and-Mortar Shopping -- YEA or NAY?

Readers, when's the last time you shopped in a department store?

First Fabric Haul of 2017

Readers, it's been a while since I've shared a fabric shopping haul with you.

Fabulous Flea Market Finds

Could a man wear a charm bracelet?

Should he?

Another NYC Fabric Store Bites the Dust

These are tough times for small independent fabric stores in New York City.

MPB Day 2016 -- HEAT, HUMIDITY, HULA HOOPS!

Readers, yesterday's sixth annual MPB Day summer event was a hot hit!

Wouldn't You Have Bought This Fabric Too?

Readers, I was fabric shopping earlier in the week with an old friend -- more about her in a bit -- when I saw this sign at Fabrics For Less on 39th St. (now combined with Chic Fabrics).  Behind it was a cute vintage tractor-print -- quilting cotton really -- for just $1.99 a yard.  It took a few days for me to make up my mind, but I was back there this morning and grabbed, alas, the last four yards.

What to Sew Next or "Would You Wear Zebra-Print Pants?"

Readers, would you wear zebra-print pants?

Shopping For Bouclé + "I Underestimated This Fabric Store!"

Friends, I'm not formally participating in Me-Made May since I wear me-mades almost every day.

The State of Home Sewing 2016 -- What's Your Perspective?

If you haven't heard already, the Hancock Fabrics chain, with more than 250 stores in 39 American states, is closing.

Laura Mae Comes Over to Play!

It isn't often I get to see my friend, Californian co-blogger Laura Mae, so when I heard she was coming East to visit family and would be in New York City for the day, I quickly arranged a play date!

Fabric Shopping With My Friend Lenore!

Meet Lenore -- a super person, talented handbag designer, and FABULOUS friend to go fabric shopping with!

Battle of the Turtlenecks: And the winner is....!

This has to be one of the sorriest sights I've ever photographed (click pic to super-dupersize).

Back It Goes + Coat Muslin Progress

The vast majority of you who commented yesterday will be happy to know that the light blue L.L. Bean turtleneck I modeled yesterday is headed back to Maine, free of charge (to me).