StraightJacket Muse

This is just to close the loop on my previously published grey wardrobe. To reiterate, my latest jacket was based on New Look 6516.  It lo...

With the grey boucle jacket all but finished - except for the hooks and eyes along its front opening - I turned my attention to making a mat...

Declaring a long project completed is a very satisfying moment.   I see a slight imperfection in the way the chain lays on the right ...

Once I solved the troublesome sleeve issues , the rest came together nicely. Here are just a few more construction details: I added sew-...

Building this jacket hasn't been completely smooth sailing.  I spent a good long time on discovering, and then slowly solving, sleeve pr...

For my second garment of 2014 I turned to a lovely little piece of colourful wool  bouclé  acquired a couple of years ago at Ottawa's fa...

The little hobble skirt will be perfect for a death spiral. But not for triple axels or pirouettes. More later!