Remember how last week I wrote about Sleeve Island and my thing where I take forever to knit a first sleeve and then knit the second one in three days? The same thing happened with this sweater...
While I work on getting my craft room and office in ship shape, I’ve taken the opportunity to enroll in some sewing classes at Fancy Tiger Crafts, a local craft supply shop. Overall, I would...
DID YOU REMEMBER THAT MADE TO MEASURE LEGGINGS ARE COMING?? Fabric Requirements You will need 1.5-2 yards of stretch fabric that exhibits at least 10% stretch AND stretch recovery. The easiest and...
It’s Tuesday Queuesday! Don’t know what that is? I don’t blame you, we just made it up! In these posts we’ll talk about our plans for future projects. A place to gather thoughts and figure...
A couple weeks ago, when I was a very young sewist (ha!), I bought the Winter Mini Collection 2016 from indiesew. Included were Bethioua, Mila, and Dropje. I am very much not a Dropje girl, but...
After putting it down to start and finish numerous other projects, I finally finished my Signature (without the) Stripes! My project page says it took me two months, but it was obviously not two...
The prompt for the final week of Slow Fashion October 2016 is about “Known Origins:” Good (especially good and affordable) sources of yarn and fabric with traceable origins. And for the...
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing how to draft and sew a pair of made to measure leggings. And while my fellow radcrafters test sew, and the kinks are worked out of the...
This week’s Slow Fashion October prompt went in a lot of different directions, so we each chose our favorite and wrote our take on it. How do you understand your style, choose projects well...
Couldn’t let a weekend go by without sewing something! Waking up at 7:20am on a Sunday is bullshit, but when you’re awake, you’re awake. I decided to turn this massive amount of...