Pocahontas County Fare

I've finished the long-deferred quilt project at last! Here it is quilted but unbound. I hung it on the clothesline where I photographe...

I was really pleased with this "Vogue 8598" blouse with shoulder-princess seams when I altered it and tested it in blue rayon l...

The new clothesline offers an opportunity for displaying my finished projects on hangers. Most of the sewing bloggers I follow have dress fo...

2011 was my year for going back through my collection of disappointing patterns to see if fitting alterations could make any of them use...

I bought this jacket pattern in 2007 , and started altering and experimenting with it. I made full bust adjustments and a couple of musli...

The last 10 years or so, I've tried all sorts of alterations on this (out-of-print) pattern, Kwik-Sew K2953, alterations that almost w...

My 2011 garment sewing adventures were not great blog fodder. They involved revisiting my pattern collection and trying the full-bust altera...

2011 was my year of sewing with fabric scraps. It wasn't really a resolution, but I had eight big plastic tubs of fabric scraps, and onl...

Sometimes, when I can't think of anything to write, it's time to do something less verbally demanding, like sewing. I've been ...

Back in October, I read about The Never Too Many White Shirts Project , started by Barbara at Sewing on the Edge . Quite a few stitchers h...

After making the denim patchwork coverlet , I decided I liked working with these denim strips so much that I cut up my entire collection o...

Last fall, I discovered I had more fabric scraps by volume than I had uncut, garment ready fabric yardage. (Seven large plastic bins of scra...

When I bought my serger, I made a point of getting one that has coverstitch capabilities. Ready-to-wear knits have lovely, flat hem stitc...

Once I got the hang of sewing overlock seams with my new serger, I launched into trying to sew on tricky fabrics. I have a stack of odd-b...