My submission for the Project Runway Remake Challenge. I could REALLY use a new Rowenta iron!

I was poking around Craigslist one day and came across this amazing 1964 Singer Touch & Sew! I couldn’t believe it. It is in a cabinet and had the original manual and all the accessories!

Preparations are under way at the Metter house. Tree is up and decorated. Stockings hung by the fireplace. Homemade holiday gifts are flying out from under my sewing machine needle daily along with all the other treats and crafts that the girls are helping me with. I should be watching what I eat since I [...]

I have not given up on DIY fashion design. I know I said I would post every Friday, but I just haven’t had the time to take and upload the photos of my progress. I have purchased sketch books and actually started sketching in one of them. For my larger, less portable, book I got [...]

My book club girls and I went to see Wicked last night. It was a spectacular show. The costumes were amazing. I needed something fun and dramatic (and green) to wear. Here is my Wicked scarf. I followed this idea on the Craftzine blog. I think it would be great in just about any color!

In my high school year book it says I wanted to be an interior decorator. However, I think what I really always wanted to be was a fashion designer. I was photographed by our high school year book committee as one of the fashionable kids in our school. Don’t judge, it was 1988. I would [...]

Here is another sweet vintage linen turned into a child’s dress or tunic. I love searching for these at garage sales and estate sales. They sometimes have stains or small holes, but once refashioned they become beautiful new clothes for my two princesses.

There is a new Stampington & Company publication called GreenCraft Magazine. I am so excited to have the baby clothes memory quilts I made shown in the “Gallery” section of the premiere issue. GreenCraft

I am mad. Make that CRAZY about elastic thread and smocking! I have made both my girls smocked sundresses from a pattern found in the Heather Ross “Weekend Sewing” book. Heather was also very nice to post an adult version on her blog. So, I made one for my mom too. I am now getting [...]