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...

Here it is, tied, bound, and hung on the clothesline for photographs. This double-bed cover is made from my wardrobe from the 1980's an...

I haven't knit a sweater for a long time, mostly because I haven't been pleased with the fit. I've tried dozens of approaches to...

I've been in a tizzy the last few days, mostly a positive sort of tizzy, because some gainful employment has come my way. It involves qu...

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'm freeing some space in my fabric scrap storage today by cutting out a tried and true underwear pattern in cotton tee shirt jersey. I ...

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

I'm caught up with posting about 2011 fiber activities. These patchwork pieces are my current project--a double four-patch wool coverlet...

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...

I have trouble throwing out tiny fabric scraps. I found this sort of small drawstring bag lets me use some of my less practical velvets and ...

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 I don't know what my New Year's resolutions are until the year is over. 2011 was a year of going through my old stuff, so...

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