CatWoman Claws Her Way To The Top
Throw out your fears with these tips for sewing tricky fabrics like latex, wet look and other rubber coated knits. I found the purrrrrfect fabric in NYC's garment district, a wet look knit. The outside is [...]
Celebrating Abuela With Free Motion Embroidery
My grandma was one of my favorite people on the planet. I wanted to celebrate the gift she passed down to me and my mother - the wonderful love of sewing. In 2019 [...]
The Project With Everything!
This project has everything; replicating, inspiration, upcycling and fandom! The B52's have the most amazing stage clothes, period. When I saw Cindy Wilson bouncing around on stage in a Sunday Morning show story clip I [...]
“My One Yard Thing” 2022 Collection
Since the term One Yard Wonders has long been taken I'm calling my series of one yard garments My One Yard Thing! You might know that it is very, very difficult to make adult clothing [...]
Easy 4 Step Hat Patch Tutorial
When a client mailed me his baseball cap from California it dawned on me that not everyone  knows how to sew patches on baseball caps. With his hat there was a thank you note saying [...]
Wedding Dress Leaves More Questions Than Answers
I said to myself, "I'm not going to do every little project!" And then Fairy Godmother Creations offered our entire meet up free wedding dresses to ReFabricate. Well, I definitely got on that train (lol, get it?) [...]
Letting Myself Van Glow
Dresses, dresses, dresses! After seeing the Columbus Museum of Art exhibit, Through Vincent’s Eyes, I've decided no matter what people think to keep doing what I love. Vincent Van Gogh only painted for one decade [...]
Year of Awareness, 2021 Designers Review
Let’s face it, the year of less was a total joke. I adopted the mantra from a book where the author tried not shopping for one year. Her addiction to shopping changed into other addictions [...]
So You Think You Can Quilt
Every year I get wildly inspired to create a huge project that I know nothing about and mess up all along the way! I wanted to make something more memorable this time, something that would [...]
Where the Locals Buy Mardi Gras Fabric, Trip to New Orleans
We visit New Orleans the most because my little grandma, cousin, and uncles live there. We love the culture, food, people, and the WARM weather. NOLA has a bunch of amazing fabric stores, including the [...]
Making Patches on a Regular Sewing Machine
My blog as has taken a back seat after the newest Apple update crashed my computer. Apple was kind enough to wipe it clean and restore it to a 2014 update - and today I [...]
Mondrian Was A Replicant
What I didn't know when I set out to replicate this dress is that it was from the 1960s. Yves St. Laurent designed this dress after Piet Mondrian's art work and debuted it at his [...]