Tag: dressmaking

• Eye of the tiger, anyone?

  

  Well friends, it finally happened. I got COVID. I’m staying tucked away in the house, nice and isolated, which isn’t the worst thing since we’re smack dab in the middle of this east coast heat wave. 99 degrees F outside? No thank you. Thankfully, I’m vaxed and boosted so even though I feel poorly, it’s…

  Cortney (she/her)

  July 24, 2022

  knitting, life stuff, quilting, sewing

  dressmaking, FO, hand piecing, hand quilting, knitting, making, quilt, quilting, sewing, sock knitting, socks, WIP, yearofwips

• Work in progress.

  

  I have posted mostly about finished objects recently. Looking back, I believe all of my posts this year have included some finish of some sort. Well, not today! With all of those finishes, it stands to reason that I had to start a few things. After I finished the knitting on my Crumb, I got…

  Cortney (she/her)

  May 1, 2019

  garden, knitting, sewing

  cardigan, container garden, dressmaking, garden, garment sewing, handmade wardrobe, indie yarn, knitter, knitting, making, populuxe, sewing, sewist, sweater, sweater knitting, WIP, work in progress

• Dressmaking 101

  

  For quite a while,  I’ve been itching to try my hand at dressmaking. I made myself a knit dress a few years ago, but that just didn’t click for me. Enter B5748. This is a reprinted vintage dress pattern from the 1960s. I have loved it ever since I realized that most of Andi Satterlund’s…

  Cortney (she/her)

  April 3, 2019

  sewing

  b5748, dressmaking, garment sewing, sewing, sewist