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Fabric Shopping In Buenos Aires – Part II
Although the garment district in BA was not quite what I expected and I sadly didn’t have that much luck, the adventure was not in vain. This lovely stretch jersey was hiding in the corner and caught my eye right when I was about to leave the store. It is perfect for a summer dress. I haven’t decided on what style I am going to go with but I am leaning towards designing something on my own. I’m so Project Runway....
Read MoreBlogging My To-Do List
Last year, David and I had ourselves a good “Small Bedroom Weekend Challenge” where we redid our tiny second bedroom, making it into a functional office and tv room plus storage for all of my sewing materials. It was an amazing feat worthy of any design show on HGTV. We even scored an awesome desk, two gorgeous chairs and two bookshelves from a local vintage furniture store. The chairs are great but the material covering the seat has seen better days. I have been patiently searching for the right material and thanks to Anna Maria Horner, my search is over. The fabric arrived last week and I can’t wait for a free moment to recover these lovelies. I...
Read MoreThe Common Threads Virtual Quilting Bee
I alluded to an exciting development in my “Good Bye, I am leaving for Argentina and you can’t stop me” post but didn’t want to get into too much detail since it was still in the planning stages. But now that we are in full force, I am going to spill the beans. On one of my many online craft/quilt/sewing surfing adventures, I came across of group of women that started an online quilting bee. I couldn’t believe what a brilliant idea it was, and then I saw the blocks getting made, I had to physically restrain my heart from beating out of my chest. They were gorgeous, original and inspiring. Of course, my first reaction once I got a hold of...
Read MoreHere Comes the Bride
‘s maid purses… It is funny that no matter how long I have been sewing and how many purses I have made, I still get a little nervous when I make a custom purse order, especially for a wedding. But as usual, all that worrying was a waste of time. Theses seven clutches turned out so cute. AND I finally figured out a stabilizer for the clutches besides purse frames. After a little online sleuthing, I found something called plastic canvas. It is plastic meshy/griddy material that is used for needlepoint. It turns out that it is also perfect for stabilizing a fabric purse. It is flexible and can be easily cut with scissors but really gives the bag some much...
Read MoreArgentinian Adventures
Hello again! I am back from an amazing trip to Argentina. It was really better than I imagined. And true to my word, I went immediately to the Once, the garment district in Buenos Aires. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, although deep down, I was hoping it was something like New York’s garment district. It was in the fact that once you are in it, there is shop after shop of fabric stores. The presentation was very different though, with giant rolls of fabric. I was a little overwhelmed to say the least, but the adventure was a lot of fun. ...
Read MoreAdios Muchachos!
I am off to Argentina for an exciting, adventure-filled vacation. I have already researched the Buenos Aires garment district and it is on the top of my list of things to do. And ice trekking; I will definitely be doing some ice trekking in Patagonia. And wine tasting; there will be a lot of that as well. There won’t be any posts for a while but I can hint that something very craftciting is brewing in the Internet. Once things are finalized, I will be sure to post more. And if my new friends are reading this, you know what I am talking about.
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