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(Please ignore all the chaos in my basement, we are still putting away Christmas, yay.) So, I sewed the bottoms, tried them on, they fit reasonably well too, hooray for stretchy fabric. Added the bands to top piece and bottom piece, tried it on, and it fit fine, I could totally wear it. BUT. The […]

So this bit, I feel like I must have gotten something wrong. The instructions for sewing in the elastics say: – sew the elastic to the edge of the fabric, like around the armhole (yes, good) – fold it over, sew it down again, encasing the elastic completely in the fabric (yes, also good, no

Part of what is supposedly good about sewing your own clothes is that you can adjust things to suit your own individual body, because the kind of person who has the body that is an exact size 12 or whatever is incredibly rare — human bodies are extremely variable. So that’s good, but it still

(warning, there are going to be a lot of mistakes in this series) So I’ve cut out patterns before, and felt reasonably confident on that part. The pattern they sent is designed to be laid out flat on the fabric for the most efficient use of fabric, but they do indicate fold lines, in case

Now that I’m swimming more (go, me!), I set aside the day (nothing urgent due, amazingly, for the first time in I don’t know how long…) to try a fun project — sewing my own swim suit. (And as a bonus, doing it with fabric I’d designed.) I’ve been listening to two sewing podcasts for

Me: Kavi, did you buy these Girl Scout cookies for us? With your own money? Kavi (age 14): Yes. Me: This is great! Having an older kid is awesome! Kavi: I did eat a lot of them myself first. Me: STILL.

Quick note that Spoonflower is having a 50% off sale on fat quarters, tea towels, and wall hangings. So if you were thinking you’d like my Tamil vowels tea towel, or my Kriti tea towel, or my pumpkin curry tea towel hanging on your wall or in your kitchen, now is a great time to

Did a little work on website revisions this morning — we’re almost ready to show off the new website (and ask for your feedback). Woot! Darius Vinesar has been working really hard on the site, and it’s looking so snazzy! If any other writers are interested in hiring him for a website redesign, let me

If you could time your Chico amaryllis to bloom perfectly for Halloween (possibly, I think, if you’re careful), it would be kind of awesomely spooky.