Next up on the frame is another Hurricane quilt. This top was sent to me by sweet reader Phyllis Donohue (who is in her 80s!), a lovely patchwork with gold sashing. I loaded it, but before I could really get to quilting, something happened. I twisted my knee somehow, not once but twice, and pulled …
Category: Fashion
How to Re-line a Winter Coat – finishing
Finishing this project, here is where it gets tricky. There are a lot of steps and it might seem daunting, but just go slowly, taking each thing in its turn, and you'll be done before you know it. If you are just now finding this article, click on How to Re-line a Winter Coat for …
How to Re-line a Winter Coat
This winter I decided to finally do something about the ratty lining in my good winter coat. This coat is 100% wool, very well made, fits me really well with my short stature, but the lining is toast after many years of use. It is worn thin in areas, pulled apart at seams, has a tear …
Spring Cleaning, and a Blog Break
Spring Cleaning came late this year, it just seemed like winter would never end. But one of the effects of losing a bit of weight is that the closet needs to be purged, a good problem to have, isn't it? I went into how I do this in more detail in a previous post - …
How to Shorten Sleeves on Ready to Wear
Shopping can be such a chore at times. As much as I like wearing nice clothes, sometimes it is just next to impossible to find what I need. It is hard enough to find things in petite sizing to accommodate my short stature, much less something cute. Recently I spent quite a bit of time …
Shopping and Sewing with a Purpose
It has gone way past the time I should have flipped my closet to warmer weather clothing. I have been pulling things out from under dry cleaner bags for almost two months now. The winter sweaters were still occupying the prime real estate in the closet, making it a pain to get dressed for work …
Dressing Downton at Biltmore Estate
There's a special exhibit going on at the Biltmore Estate right now, and for all of the Downton Abbey fans it is wonderful. Even more so for those that know what it takes to use needle and thread to create wearable art. Wearable art is precisely what I saw there. Gorgeous beading and exquisite hand …
Refashioning a Necklace
Do you have any of those multi-strand necklaces? This one was sitting in the drawer not being worn because two of the chains were starting to look tarnished. Plus it was a lot of necklace at once, actually just too many strands. So, I decided to take it apart and recycle the individual strands into …
Book Review – A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
Sometimes I'll pick up a book to read expecting one thing and get an entirely different story. Such was the case with A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff. The book jacket describes this story as centering around a woman, Phoebe, who opens a vintage clothing store. She likes to think about the woman that owned …
Continue reading Book Review – A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
What’s in YOUR Closet?
January, a new year and good time to do some sweeping out of the old. This is a perfect time to do a closet clean out. In a book by the Simplicity pattern company, the statement is made that most people only wear 10% of their clothing 90% of the time. After years of watching …
From My Carolina Home 