I spend a little time on DD’s tops and skirts this weekend. I’m binding the neck opening in both and armholes in the tank. I had enough premade single fold bias tape to do both neck openings. I really didn’t care for that application. The seam allowance on the neck is 5/8 inch and the [...]

My cat, Annette, threw up on my bed last night. So instead of sewing, I was changing the bed and doing laundry. This morning, I was able to fend off the kids long enough to sew the bias tape to one of DD’s tops.

The local park district responded to the plea to open a pool for adult lap swimming at noontime. The LARPD opened up May Nissen Pool. Yah! Distance: 1300 mTime: 45 minutesWorkout: 200 free/warmup, 200 free, 200 medley, 200 medley drill, 200 medley kick, 200 medley, (50 free, 50 back)/cooldown.Weight: no scale at this pool.

KS 2565: I cut the french dart version out of the blue slinky. I’ve worked with it before, but what a big hassle. Slippery and super stretchy, so you have to be very, very careful when you are laying it out. Everything has to be supported. My slinky has ribs on it; I don’t know [...]

I traced this pattern. I decided that I wanted to try view A, B, C, D, and E! A & B, knit version, are the same except for the sleeve, and I may just opt for the little cap sleeve. C is a raglan style, in knit fabric, and E & F is the woven [...]

Kwik Sew 2489: I finished the 2nd pair of these. Adding the extra half inch at the sides made a nice difference. I really like to wear these under polyester skirts. This pair is made from that left over eyelet, so it’s 100% cotton. It works well to keep the polyester skirts from clinging to [...]