First of all, thank you for your nice comments on my post. You welcomed me back and made me want to continue. These days, rather than using commercial patterns, I'm much more likely to draft my own patterns either by using my Surefit Designs kits or by copying something I've bought (which is not that often ).I also often take a pattern and change it in various ways. The important thing of course is the fit. I really love figuring out how to  draft the pattern for whatever my inspiration is. The top of today's post is a copy of another one I found on Pinterest, this one . The hardest thi ..read more

I'm not going to say it ! Well I have to . It's been a long time !  I've been missing blogging lately and I just made this great top that I love so much and just wanted to share it with somebody ! We are in more or less lock-down stage here in New Brunswick, Canada but that doesn't bother me much because I have my sewing which is my escape.  I'll start with the image I copied from. I think I got it on Pinterest and saved it to my photos I used my Surefi.t Designs Dress kit bodice to start with. You could use any t-shirt type pattern that you are happy with though. I already had dra ..read more

Well ! Again it's been a while ! Somehow, blogging has stopped being one of my "Things to do on Sunday " In any case, I've had a lovely time sewing just for me this summer. I've dug in my stash and used some fabrics that have been lingering far too long. Now don't get me wrong. I've also added to the stash at an alarming rate too. I'll never live long enough to sew all that stuff up , but ,oh well,. We all do it, don't we ! I'll start with a new dress I made a couple of weeks ago. I used an OOP  Vogue Designer pattern that I made 12 years ago and still have in my closet. It's 2900  by  D ..read more