Spring Cleaning 2018
Spring Cleaning – Project 1. Yep, time to take on a deep cleaning project to get ready for summer. First up: kitchen tiles. Funny how I start to get motivated…
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Sewing Then & Now Part II: PDF Patterns
As I do for nearly everything nowadays, one day I thought to look online for sewing patterns and my world changed! I stumbled upon the concept of electronic patterns by…
Sew Much Better
Looks like I’m finally getting over this flu thing and feeling sew much better. And I’m finally getting my sewing bug back! I found this rather interesting fabric that had…
Sewing Then & Now Part I: Sewing Machines
If I really thought about it at all, I may have thought that sewing was a dark art. Mum never swore, as I understand the term today, but she was…
The Wiggle Dress from p4p
I have had a cold/flu that really put me off doing much – including sewing the wiggle dress. So frustrating. I want to play with my new sewing machine. The…
Sewing Then & Now – An Introduction
This is an introduction to the new series, “Then Vs. Now” Sewing. Numerous, vivid memories of my childhood and my Mum are permanently interwoven with sewing. My earliest memories in…
The Singer Quantum Stylist 9960 Review
From beginner to mid-range sewing machine I had outgrown my older beginner sewing machine and wanted to level up to the next stage. This is a review of the mid-range…
Canada Summer Jobs Program
The whole question of women’s rights came up again recently over the new Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Program that will provide wage subsidies to employers to create employment for students.…
Buying Fabric On-line from U.S. to Canada
So much of the on-line fabric I see looks incredible, but I know I don’t have enough knowledge yet to truly the know what I will get based on a…
Just a few sweaters
As expected, Winter can be darn cold here in Canada. It has been especially cold in the last little while, so it is definitely time to make some cozy sweaters.…
Walk the Plank PJ’s
I love Patterns for Pirates ! The next pattern I decided to use is actually a free one so it doesn’t get better than that. Son doesn’t have many needs…
Finlayson Sweater for Man
Thought I would do some man sewing. I downloaded a beautiful .pdf pattern from Thread Theory called the Finlayson Sweater. I really like their selection of men’s patterns. The site,…