Colette Patterns Spring/Summer patterns are now available – I die! Sarai asked me to give a mention when the patterns debuted – which I’m delighted to oblige as I’m also an avid pattern tester for Colette. Aren’t they just wonderful? I had the pleasure of testing out Hazel. Believe me when I tell you that…
Aren’t they fun? So, I decided this month that I was going to tackle making each and every belt and buckle kit that is in the shop. Being a one man band, this was a rather big undertaking if not just plain old time consuming. But hey, that’s fine. It was fun and now you…
I’ve been busily doing some inventory, purchasing and redoing some packaging for the shop. I thought I would drop in with a little sweet update and some things you may not know about the Belt & Buckle Kits I offer at A Fashionable Stitch. I was brainstorming another way of doing up the packaging and…
I hope you all had a great weekend! I did! Yay! Thanksgiving was wonderful – and I got to go through my grandmother’s old sewing patterns. And she gave a bit of vintage fabric to boot! I’ll be doing a show and tell later this week, along with several other things that I need to…
I remember the first time I handled petersham ribbon. It was on a skirt that I prize and still have and I went in search of the ribbon at my local Joann. Thinking it was just grosgrain, I bought a length of grosgrain, took it home and started sewing with it. I was disappointed to…
