It was a rainy day here in Maine, a good day to work on the Cocoa Beach shirt.  This is a shirt that I would make again in a heartbeat.  I keep fantasizing about all the $2 / yard seersucker that was in one of the fabric dives in NYC last year.  I'm hoping to [...]

Work is progressing smoothly on the Cocoa Beach shirt.  I supposed it's true of all sewing, but the more shirts one makes the easier it gets.  I just sort of blow right through things that used to leave me either scratching my head trying to figure out, or just plain paralyzed with fear.  I did [...]

Dear readers, the pea coat project has hit a little bump in the road.  My 87 year old Mom has been battling pneumonia for a week now, and I've been driving back and forth from Maine to NH to help her out as much as possible.  There really isn't any time for welt pockets right [...]

I fear my blog is seriously derailed.  I'm supposed to be working myself through the remaining 2 designs in the Japanese coat book (a pea coat and a trench), but I found myself totally sucked into ETSY the other day.  Here are the damages!  This pattern was a ridiculous $3, and the size Medium is [...]

The tailoring and fit of this outfit blew me away.  The set of the sleeves appeared flawless.  I would love to see the details of this coat up close.  

I'm taking a little break from the blog to work on an outdoor shower that I've been dreaming of for years.  Hey, I can do butch stuff too!  LOL.  When the blog returns I will have rummaged around in the attic for my tripod and taken some pics of myself in the fitting muslin.  

Lindsay Lohan's banned from clubs, out of work & Twittering her nights away.  Here she is falling into a cactus!  Thank you for suggesting this, Ian.  No one can make me laugh like you do.  🙂