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Stash busting and Revisiting a Favourite Issey Miyake Pattern: OOP and Vintage Vogue 2334

This top will see a lot of wear.  The fabric is a wool overlay on a knit, it's beautiful and warm.  I could really use some warm pieces ...

  • Stash busting: Wool Pin-striped Pants / Butterick 6717
    One more pair of wool pants to start off my stash busting year.   Butterick 6717 hit the cutting table for one more pair of pull-on pants.  ...
  • Top Five Sewing Mistakes of 2025
    And there were sewing mistakes or questionable decisions make at the workspace.   1.  This is The Assembly Line's (TAL) puffed sleeve sh...
  • Monday's Mending Pile
    So, the first day that I wore these pants , this happened.  This is the second pair that recently required this type of repair.   This time ...
  • What's Coming Up...
    Did you hear about the 2026 Colour of the Year, "cloud dancer"?   It's white.  Okay, seems a little odd, doesn't it?  Whit...
  • Monday's Mending Pile
    It seems like the pile of mending never ends.  It's like once something is placed back into wardrobe rotation, another item finds its wa...