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 One of the items on my Retirement Project List was to use my Babylock Sashiko machine, a specialty machine that is able to replicate the lo...

A bit of non-garment sewing.  First up a quilt using a  free pattern from Quilting in the Rain  la-conner-stars-free-pattern.html  I was res...

 During the uncharacteristic cold and snowy weather in Jan and Feb, I found myself  unmotivated to do anything except watch YouTube videos. ...

  I finally retired from all paid employment on Jan 1. No more IT contracting work. I am still adjusting.  My first sewing project of the ye...

I was invited to go on a girls' trip to Aruba in early Dec. with my sister and her friends, when one of the ladies had to cancel.  Morni...

  I just returned from the Threads Magazine tour of European Couture Design and Sewing in the Netherlands. The tour started in Amsterdam, an...

Independant pattern companies are everywhere, in addition to the well-known sites on the internet, I like to browse at the clothing patterns...