Tag Archive: sewing

Your Wardrobe Unlock’d

So. I’ve been looking into making my own corsets, decided to just go ahead and do it – as I’m not finding modern bras very helpful to my back and certainly can’t afford to buy several corsets (I’m still planning on buying from Damsel in This Dress, which I meant to do a week or…

Daily Outfit 1/1/2009

What I wore to bring in the New Year… The pencil skirt is from Target.com, $14.99 on clearance and about $20 with shipping, it arrived the 30th.  Although I was really confused because it came in an Amazon.com box with a Target sticker on the side – I didn’t see the sticker and was like…

Petticoat/Circle Skirt Tutorial

Since I wrote it up for Craftster, I thought I’d post it here too This is a tutorial to make a petticoat (also called a crinoline) like I posted yesterday – one that can be worn as a skirt, as well as being worn under other items to give them poof and body. So I…

The Joys of Vintage Sewing Machines

When I started this blog, I meant to post a lot more DIY. I had tutorials in mind and everything. Unfortunately, since starting my new job (which, as you may recall, happened around the same time as the beginning of this blog), I really haven’t had a lot of time for DIYing. It makes the…