The Mahogany Stylist

About a month ago, my cousin asked me to make two wrap skirts for her upcoming vacation. I selected Butterick 4526 because the wrap skirt c...

HLT of Before the Door asked if there was a trick to sewing gores and godets. So I decided to do a little tutorial on how I sew them. Step...

I wore this to church on Sunday (7-25-10). It was a hot and sunny day. Perfect dress for this type of weather. For years I shied away from a...

V8380 Sunday evening I spent about two hours sewing V8380. Maxi/day dresses are very trendy. This will be the second I've made this se...

Last week I finished four pairs of pants: Three M5818 and one pair using M5597 . All turned out nice and yesterday I wore the brown pair ...

It took me much longer than anticipated to finish this shirt/vest. During the process, I waffled back and forth on whether I should finish i...

Some time ago I wrote a post on the troubled economy from my own personal point of view. Today, the economy has not healed. It is evident...