Adventures of a Wanna-Be Seamstress

I took a long weekend and turned this: Into this: View from the doorway To be honest, there are still a few boxes hiding out b...

WHEW!  The sewing room is complete -- I neglected to take pictures, but I will grab some this afternoon.  I'm getting excited to start w...

Stick a fork in me!  I am SO ready for this to be done! But I bet you didn't know I actually had a window in my sewing room, did ya?! ...

.....as do most things, to be honest!  I thought that it would take 1 day to paint furniture and 1 day to unpack & organize the sewing r...

Things have changed so much in the last 4 months - so I figure, why not one more change?  Let's get back into the costuming swing of thi...

We had a family dinner for my moms birthday yesterday - and being the fidgety person that I am, I lugged along my quilting project to wor...

Some of the projects that I've had in the que for the last.....foreeeeevers have been put on semi-permanent hold for a whole variety of ...

Despite being crazy busy with work yesterday, I was able to make good on my promise to host a fascinator making hour at the Artisans Promena...

My sister gave me this awesome brass ball pocketwatch which will become part of the outfit.  The lid is empty, so I may come up with somethi...

“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”  ―  Terry Pra...

I realized that I never posted here about Dickens, other than the "Oh crap!  Got LOTS TO DO!!!" posts .  Long story short, it wa...

I have seriously found my favorite use for Pinterest!  (my least favorite* being the addictive, hoarders-esque gathering of all the 'bea...

Remember this?  It did, eventually become a gown!  Many, many thanks to everyone who pitched in (Melia, Gypsy, Astrid/Theresa, and even Va...

One day very, very soon, this pile of fabric will become an investiture gown....

I did end up piping the waistband....and I really like the way it looks! If I'm ever in the market to do this type of dress again, ...

I would say my  Dickens gown, but since Melia and I have such similar measurements, we're going to be trading off gowns throughout the f...