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Let’s talk about sewing challenges through the years

05/02/2018

Me Made May, Kids Clothes week, Sew Weekly, Skirt Week, Spring Top Week, the Ready To Wear Fast, or my own Sew & Tell Saturday I used to host here on the blog…. I’ve done them all and have been doing so off and on since soon after I started blogging in 2010. And have […]

Filed Under: My patterns, Sew and Tell Saturday, Sewing for myself, sewing history

A Modern Mad Hatter

03/20/2018

This week’s theme for Project Run and Play was to make an outfit inspired by a child’s story book. Gigi wanted me to make something from Alice And Wonderland, and I wanted to make something from one her favorite books, The English Roses. So I’m doing kind of a mix up of the Mad Hatter […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING, Project Run & Play

Oktoberfest Crop Top

10/04/2017

This was  fun project because it involved teaching my older daughter a bit of pattern drafting and sewing. She wanted a cropped peasant blouse inspired by a little vintage German style folk dress she loves wearing but which is falling apart. I was having a hard time figuring out what she wanted, so I asked […]

Filed Under: My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING

Drafting a lace bodice over bustier from scratch: Rosarios first muslin

05/15/2016

Hi readers! I have a new sewing adventure this week. Isabelle’s classmate from high school, the lovely Rosario, is getting married! I’ve know her since she was a tween, and boy does time fly, doesn’t it? Rosario already bought a dress at BHLDN in Beverly Hills but after that, she realized she didn’t like it […]

Filed Under: Bridal Sewing, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING

Pattern drafting : Simple boned bodice A line dress

04/21/2016

I finished Lily’s boned bodice and a line skirt dress and she likes it! This is the finished result and part three of my process of creating a pattern from scratch. In part one I draped the bodice to the dress form and created a paper pattern. In part two I cut it out of […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, My designs, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING

My Free Leather skirt pattern in this month’s Sew News Magazine

12/06/2015

Free leather skirt pattern

As some of you know, I’ve been writing articles for the American sewing magazine Sew News , for the past year and a half. So far I’ve written about eight articles, and have had one of my projects featured on a cover last spring, which was really cool. Last year, I appeared on their PBS […]

Filed Under: My designs, My patterns, press

Taking apart a ready to wear jacket to make a pattern.

09/28/2015

As you may have read, I’m participating in the Pattern Review Sewing Bee! I made it through to round 3 and this week’s challenge is to create a lined jacket. I love these contests, because they push me to try things I’ve been mulling over, but am probably too lazy to try without a deadline […]

Filed Under: My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING, Sewing for myself, Sewing Tutorial

Shibori hand dyed button front jumpsuit with drawstring

09/23/2015

It’s been quit a week! But somehow I managed to get my jumpsuit done last night in time to enter it into the Pattern Review Sewing Bee. You should see my house! I should be cleaning it right now instead of blogging, but I just want to eek out my shiftlessness a tiny bit longer […]

Filed Under: Dying, My designs, My patterns, Sewing for myself

Fringed Hand Sewn Leather Bucket Bag Tutorial

07/27/2015

Hi readers ! This is going to be a long post where I will attempt to explain to you how I sewed my fringed leather bucket entirely by hand. I’ll be including the cutting dimensions and entire process of making this bag, which is my own design and evolved as I made it.  I love […]

Filed Under: My designs, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING, Sewing for myself, Sewing Tutorial

DIY workout wear

02/11/2015

February 1st I joined an eight week fat loss contest at my gym. I’ve been gaining about a pound a year since my late thirties, and I wanted to do something about it. Sometimes I need a contest to get me motivated and it’s working! I’ve cleaned up my diet and am trying to get […]

Filed Under: My patterns, Sewing for myself

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I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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