Free Pattern HP's Slinky Shrug The Slinky Shrug is available through yet another collaboration between Hot Patterns and the folks at Fabric.com.  The link to download the pattern is http://csi.fabric.com/shrug This could be such a quick and easy...

Last month my HB and I were traveling in Kenya for 3 weeks and I was lucky to visit a dressmaker’s class in Mago, a small village in Western Kenya. The Dressmaking/Tailoring class  is a department of a Polytechnic school that was built and...

I had two pieces of fabric I wanted to use this Fall. One was 3 yards of 36″ wide cloque from the now closed Textile Studio and the other was 3 yards of rayon ribbing, both in a mauve-y pink.  These are difficult fabrics to work with and dictated the...

 San Francisco California Oct 2, 2009 Silk charmeuse lined suede shell with pick stitch detail around armholes and hem over sequined skirt. Worn with a silk/wool angled circle wrap and stone disk pendant on a black silk cord. – Gail Gondek patterns...

Continuing my current obsession with sewn jewelry, I thought I would share some of the latest entrants to the field.   This Lanvin bracelet, while it does have some hardware, is a nice combo of pearls, ribbon, and some rhinestone...