It has been a crazy busy week this past week. Every one of my clubs had their holiday event, and one club had two. Tuesday night we went to a party, Wednesday was our guild tea, Saturday was a car club breakfast, followed by a drive out to Balsam Mountain for a party and overnight …
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Closet Reorganization and Sewing with Purpose
Last week, during a couple of rainy days, I decided to flip my closet. This takes a couple of days to pull out everything, switch winter things for summer colors, look at every piece to see if it needs mending, donating or trashing, and trying on almost everything I haven't worn in a while. Read …
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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 …
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 …
Refashioning a Hat
I like to wear hats, especially in the spring and summer. I usually have one on when hiking, and doing car shows to keep the sun out of my eyes. I really adore the hats on Downton Abby, and I wish that hats would make a comeback for daily wear. I have about a half …
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 …
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 …
Lace Edged Skirt Re-fashion
This skirt has been in my closet for some years. I did wear it a few times years ago, but even at the maxi length it is designed to be, I still had to roll the waist to get it shorter. This year I decided to do something about it. Lace is back in a …
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