Serenity prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.

Patternmaking book update

Ok, so last week I asked you guys for help w/ deciding on the best, least expensive patternmaking books.  I bought the book Make Your Own Dress Patterns by Adele P Margolis and eventhough the styles remind me of a late 60's, early 70's movie...  I actually love that era.  While I've only skimmed through the book, it has tons of different styles and info on how to alter your basic block into those styles.  The one issue I have with this book is that it's not detailed enough about creating your basic block.  Luckily I had Make Your Own Patterns by Rene Bergh.  This book is very detailed w/ regards to creating your block patterns.  This works great for me now as I am working on a very super exciting project.  More to come on that later.  Thanks to everyone for the comments about the book.  I plan on taking a patternmaking class this Fall so I will have the Helen Armstrong book then.

Peace Hills

Patternmaking books, HELP!!!

Does anyone have this book?  If you do, what are your thoughts because I'm thinking of purchasing it.  I need an inexpensive patternmaking how to book.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.

Peace Hills

M6112 question

While sewing McCalls 6112, I had an issue,"how do I stabilize the neck area?"  It just kept stretching as I was sewing.  The pattern directions said to sew it as 5/8 narrow hem.  When I wore it, by the end of the day it was showing a little shoulder on one side.  Does anyone have any remedies to this type of issue. How do you keep necklines on knits from stretching?


Peace Hills

McCalls 6112

McCall 6112

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE this dress.  Did I say how much I love it?  It was so simple to sew up, even I didn't need the directions, he he.  And I am super excited about the results.  Today was the 1st day I revealed my natural hair @ work so I made this baby up real quick because I needed something simple and casual and a lil bit sexy.  And I think I accomplished all those things.  I made version B, shortened about 2" and WALA...

lOVE IT

PEACE HILLS

Designer

I might be a little late, but I think Rachel Roy is my new favorite designer.  I love the simplicity & the edge of her collections.  Here are a few of my favs from different collections.

I love Flowers

I love flowers.  They are so pretty.  Over the last year I have become slightly obsessed with floral fabrics.  I have purchased at least 3 yards each of 6 different floral print fabrics. They have to be large prints though, I dont like the tiny flowers.  I have no idea how I am going to use these prints, but gotta a little inspiration when I checked out Gertie's Blog and saw this beauty: 

V1117 is perfect and I also found this Threads article on how to make a fabric covered belt.  So I can't wait to work on this.
Now I just have to figure out which fabric I should choose?