Apr 30, 2015

Repairing My Parka + What Would YOU Make With This Fabric?



My mountain parka (above) is one of my all-time favorite sewing projects.

Apr 27, 2015

Vogue 8889 Men's Shirt Reveal or "Hello Voile-y"



Friends, I am happy to report that I finished my cotton voile shirt over the weekend.

Apr 24, 2015

Oh, You Beautiful Voile!



Today I started my latest project, a shirt made from the gray floral cotton voile I purchased last month at Elliott Berman.  It's a very delicate, finely woven fabric from France.

Apr 21, 2015

Yee-Haw -- Peter Models the Western Shirt!



Readers, the Western shirt is done, pearl snaps and all!

To see me model it, just click here.

Apr 18, 2015

The Western (or Cowboy) Shirt -- YEA or NAY?



Readers, it didn't dawn on me till I was halfway through the chambray shirt I'm making that it's really a modified cowboy shirt.

Apr 15, 2015

Working on a Chambray Shirt



I saw this shirt, from Levi's vintage line, on Pinterest recently and I really liked it.

Apr 12, 2015

Weekend Knit Shirt Drama



I don't sew with cotton knits very often, readers.  Here's why:

Apr 9, 2015

New Pattern, New Fabric, New DECLUTTERING!



I can't remember whether I showed you this beautiful gray cotton lawn I picked up last month at Elliot Berman.

Apr 6, 2015

Vogue Spring Fashions -- of 1942!



As anyone who follows me on Pinterest already knows, I am a big fan of vintage department store display, Sixties hairdos, and -- most especially -- Forties fashion.  

Apr 3, 2015

MPB EXCLUSIVE: An entire BOOK about the sewing pattern industry!!!



Last Saturday my friend Johanna lent me a library copy of A History of the Paper Pattern Industry, written by Joy Spanabel Emery and published by Bloomsbury in 2014.