I say tote, you say purse. In either case, I am prepping for snagging loot at the International Quilt Festival in Houston next week, and Reggie Watts is a genius. I went with the Cosmo bag from Amy Butler’s Style Stitches book (note that it is called a bag, to avoid controversy amongst the factions…
I am wrapping up the last of the samples for the Shop Hop at remnants:fiber[culture] this weekend. Ombres showed up in the store last week and I was itching to make a garment out of them. Jessica wanted a sample of the Proper Attire Skirt by Anna Maria Horner, so I convinced her that we…
I cut out and prepped not one, but two Amy Butler Weekender bags back in May. After I finished the first one for Jessica at remnants:fiber[culture] I needed a break. I also needed to figure out a strategy for working with the gold lame I bought from Fabricker. If you look at that stuff wrong, the…
The sample-a-thon continues. I just finished the Iris by Colette in denim and I am one invisible zipper shy of finishing a pair in white linen (with a lining) for remnants:fiber[culture] . I have to admit, the photo on the cover persuaded me to make these shorts. If I had any hint that these were more…
I finally got around to making Anna Maria Horner’s Socialite Dress. I made a sample for remnants:fiber[culture] out of her new Hand Drawn Garden Fabric. My biggest beef about this pattern is the sizing and fabric requirements. The back of the pattern has the FINISHED garment measurements (not something we are used to seeing on…
I’ve been working on this project for what seems like FOREVER. Seriously. It started out because I saw the Weekender pattern at remnants:fiber[culture] and Jessica offered to trade me the pattern for a sample out of shop fabric. I said sure. Then we chatted about me teaching a class on it later in the Summer….