The Itinerant Seamstress

I've mentioned our "sewing fairy godmother" on this blog a few times. She's a very special lady who brightened up a v...

I love a good sewing room tour. Since we move so often, I get to set up a new sewing room every few years, and I guess that's why I ...

I sewed a second Simplicity 1059 dress - a swishy, drapey, dramatic sleeve-y leopard print confection that is really, really hard to phot...

So let's start by saying that the true top sewing tools you need to start sewing are a needle, thread, scissors and a seam ripper (and f...

Last month I tested the new Peppermint PJ pants from Blank Slate Patterns.  A new pair of pajama pants has been on my sewing list for ...

While I was making this dress, I couldn't get A Little Princess out of my mind.  It was one of my favorite books as a kid.  Not long int...

Sewing your own jeans for the first time is intimidating, and trying to decide which pattern to start with can be one of the stumbling bloc...