Josephine Sews

Love love love this overnight bag, but it is does take a bit more time to make.  The first one I made was a total disaster so instead of making 2, I ended up having to make 3.  Sew4Home never disappoints. Favorite Overnight Duffle My Personal Favorite Now I want one for me. How I did It This has been one for the books.  The previous posts' wallet was to go with these overnight bags because I knew my nieces were taking a trip.  I got sick Thanksgiving day and am still trying to get over my illness. I attempted to sew when I wasn't feeling good, trying to meet my Christmas deadline and that did not go well at all - first bag was a disaster.  Won't even waste time detailing all the issues - just know it is a disaster.   Disaster Bag I finally realized it was better to wait until I was completely healed.  Next I finally realized completely healed was coming no time soon (it has been 7 weeks now although I think I am finally at the tail end of my lates...

Oh how I love a quick and easy sew and what could be better?  A quick and easy sew using cork fabric.  I wanted to make some Christmas gifts for a couple of folk and thought this wallet was perfect.  You can easily slip in a gift card to go with it. Snappy Wallet  How I did It Me and my 2 nieces get together on Christmas and have a great time of fellowship.  Since I love making gifts, last year I started making them Christmas gifts.  I like to make thoughtful gifts and since I knew they would be travelling, I decided to make gifts appropriate for travel. So glad I had gotten these made earlier in November because by Thanksgiving I was sick and had no desire to make anything.  I am still not completely healed almost 7 weeks later.  The first one took about 5 hours to make 😂.  The first issue was this was the first time I used zippers by the yard and it took me forever to get the zipper teeth in the zipper head.  Then for some I couldn't ...

I was a tester for this pattern.  When I first laid eyes on this one it gave me romantic vibes.  Then there are the sleeves - I love a statement sleeve.  You have romance, a statement sleeve, and last but not least, roominess.  This top has a lot of built in ease which makes it super comfortable. Amalfi Blouse How I Did It This blouse has ample ease so you may want to consider going down a size.  Steam-A-Seam will be your friend on this pattern.  I used it on the collar and front band facings and also on the sleeve bands.  Rather than using stay stitching around the neck area, I used a woven stay tape. I got really scared and started panicking when I attached the front to the back.  The neck area was huge, I thought I had cut something wrong.  I finally remembered the neck area was gathered. This pattern has really good instructions, but I did find that although the seam allowance is 3/8", one of the gathering stitches is placed at 5/8" and w...