For my grandson Teddy’s second Christmas I wanted to use a fine wale red corduroy that I purchased to make him coveralls with Christmas embroidery on the front. I don’t know if it was the density of the stitches on the embroidery pattern I chose, but I had difficulty and had to reattempt the original pattern several times. It was… Read More
I decided to get a new office chair for my sewing room and wanted to get something feminine. I am a girl, after all. Initially I did some searching online for something feminine and was unable to find that, then I did a search for an executive desk chair from pink leather. I found only a very few, and really… Read More
The strawberry pincushion and the tomato pin cushion are made from the instructions at Martha Stewart’s website.
This silk dupioni christening dress was adapted from a girls dress pattern called Natalie. It was featured in Issue 135 of Sew Beautiful Magazine. Detail of lace fancy band Bodice Detail Detail of embroidery Completed Dress
I was getting married, for the third and hopefully the last time, and I had no idea what I was going to wear. I did not want to wear some big frilly poufy wedding dress, I had already done the formal wedding on the last go around. Then I recalled I had purchased some antique linen and lace on Ebay. … Read More
My middle child, Lindsey, now has a son, John Theodore Ehricht. He is my newest grandchild. Initially we did not know the sex of the baby, so I could not start on a christening gown until she could find out the sex at her ultrasound appointment. When she did finally find out, I was able to start on the gown…. Read More
The gown is finished, and I must say, it turned out beautifully, even if I do say so myself.