The weather this weekend has been glorious and yesterday I took a long-overdue trip into B0ston for a stroll down Newbury St. In the 80′s I had great apartment on the corner of Newbury and Dartmouth so I was feeling nostalgic for the old neighborhood. Shopping was on the agenda and now I’m the happy owner of two pairs of John [...]
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If you have a fashionable friend who is going through medical treatment, these pretty band-aids from Cynthia Rowley offer some supportive bling. According to the NY Times: Cynthia Rowley has been busy jazzing up one unseemly necessity after another. Now comes something everyone could use: 14 fashion-friendly Band-Aid designs, created [...] Simplcity Patterns Magazine 1972 Click! I have to give credit to Pattern Junkie (my current must-read daily blog!) for this tip; she found a vintage pattern that had a note on the tissue. Basically, when cutting a pattern piece that lays out on a fold, leave a margin on the fold line for easier pinning. Click! Click! This is Abby’s (the purple paisley version belong to her sister Emma.) They just got back from and end of school year pool party and the wraps worked out well. This is a silk from Gorgeous Fabrics. As a skirt is also looks nice tied to the side. Canna, Impoea and Lobelia No words just photos…. As promised, here is the saga of the costume Abby wore for for her solo. Moms usually don’t get involved in making costumes at this level of competition, but I ended up doing it because her choreographer wanted her to wear an orange unitard with a deep halter back and it was impossible [...] Ann sent me this link to Counterfeit Chic that announces a new “Fashion Law’ program at Fordham’s law school. Counterfeit Chic author Susan Scafidi has been working this for quite some time. From the perspective of Fordham this might be a good idea but to the mostly cynical side of me Used with permission of Just Hungry Two blogs I read all the time are Just Bento (about that very subject) and her sister blog Just Hungry (about Japanese food and culture generally.) Both are written by Maki, Japanese woman with a finely tuned palate and a deep love of food and culture. If [...] Click! This is my ideal summer look – I love everything on this page! Well, not the ankle-tie espadrilles, but that’s an easy substitution. I think I’ll use this as the inspiration for my summer sewing. |
 Phyllis - one of the original "Sewing Divas". |
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