Cari Homemaker

Tag: sewing

  • Down the Rabbit Hole

    Here it is. The last stash busting project of the year, number 25 of 25. And what would a blog post be without pictures or conversation? I’ll begin at the beginning and when I come to the end, I’ll stop. Curiouser and curiouser, this dress is a perfect example of when OCD meets ADHD. I…

  • Miss Guinevere 1949

      This is a project that was well over a year in the making. It started with picking up the fabric at a thrift store. It’s a nice thick wool. It didn’t have a tag on it to indicate where it came from, but in my opinion, it’s either a Pendleton wool or something very…

  • A Much-Needed Boy’s Winter Coat

    It’s gotten cold here. Some sources started saying coldest late autumn weather in 15 years, then I started hearing coldest in 42 years. Either way, at some point today I heard someone refer to 34 degrees as “balmy” in comparison to the temps last week. Unfortunately, Romeo had outgrown his winter coat, and he needed…

  • The Monthly Stitch: November Project

    I feel like I’m coming down to the wire now with the projects I had wanted to complete in November, that is, the ones that included some type of theme/sew-along and therefore had deadlines not of the arbitrarily self-imposed variety. The Monthly Stitch had “Something From a Sewing Book” as their theme this month. Before…

  • Anna Dress: The Jungle Cat Version

    Following my Banana Anna, I could hardly wait to make another version; this time in the longer length. As far as I can tell from the multiple versions of this dress I’m seeing getting made up by other sewcialists, the front split seems to be the most popular feature of this dress, but it wouldn’t…

  • Banana Anna

      What to say about this dress? Obviously it’s just a little bit over the top (understatement?) but still gloriously wearable in my estimation.   I tried to tone it down with serious shoes, but this dress just wants to dance. I mean that literally. Pete and I just started taking Salsa lessons, and that’s…

  • Aunty Laura’s Confession

    I have a confession. A weakness. An unforgivable trait. (Besides being terribly tardy and sporadic in my blog posts. For which I hope my sister will forgive me. Eventually.) No. There is something else. Something that I believe no one else quite understands. Thrift stores. Not that I mean to infer that thrift stores are…

  • Romeo Sews! A U of O Apron

    Now for something really exciting. It feels like long ago since I was making aprons for the kids. I had originally planned to make one for Romeo, but he didn’t want to match Ace. When he started complaining about being the only kid who didn’t have an apron, I told him to make his own. And…

  • Vintage Simplicity 8171: Sweet As Cherry Pie

      I was thinking of giving this post the title “What the Vintage Fairy Puked Up”. It doesn’t sound nearly as appetizing as cherry pie, but considering how much of this dress fits the mainstream ideas of what a vintage dress should look like, it would be a pretty good description. It only lacks a…