Isabella's Project Diary

 For the summer, Friday's at work are now Hawaiian Shirt days!   The problem:  I don't have a Hawaiian Shirt.  Eek!     The solution...

Front View Back View Hello! Finally mostly settled in my new house and I can start sewing again. Because we are still sort of in Lockdo...

  This one is another basic black facemask with a bit of purply magentaish lace edging across the front.  I'm going to make another one ...

Just a simple skirt for work!  It's out of some of the $2 mystery fabric sale stuff from Fabric Mart.  The solid green is a crinkle ...

Another modern outfit but I used an old pair of black jeans.  The jeans had thinned and were slightly ripped on the inseam at the crotc...

Back in August 2019, I bought one of the Fabric Mart Fashion Bundles.  It's just a mystery box of six yards of fabric.  In it, I got a y...

Since, where I am, we are on lockdown, I decided this Easter to bring out the decorations as much as possible.  The tablecloth is a pie...

This one: The base is out of black cotton and more of the tropical weight tan wool.  The wool serves only as an inner layer to the actua...

Because there is no reason to not be fashionable during the plague! I used the same pattern I used here .  The differences are that ...

This is a project that has been lagging in my UFO pile for a few months.  With Zona Rossa, I finally got around to making it.  I did vie...

Since I have time again to cook at home, and I really wanted soup, I made Potato Leek soup today!  I bought ingredients a couple of days ago...

The face mask! I designed my own using just some scraps and a bit of bias tape. I hope the pattern process that I'll try to explain...

Sorry for the covered face but I took this picture at 6:30 in the morning and it was not pretty.  However, the picture showcases my new...

Long story short: I'm in recovery mode right now. I got out of the hospital on Wednesday after having my gallbladder removed. Befo...

This is a very shaggy Abigail hiding where I had already taken off one cuff of the blue jeans.  :-)  I bought the jeans on sale for $...

The fabric! I bought some lovely constellation print heavy cotton knit from Fabric Mart a couple of months ago. It was in their as-is ...

I saw this curtain at one of the thrift stores a few weeks ago and fell in love with it.  I'm a sucker for anything with an elephan...

For my Easter dress this year, I used McCall's 7804  with a linen cotton blend I bought at Fabric Mart.  The dress is actually ...

So, I have been sewing.  I just haven't been posting.  Once my sewing/computer/guest room is better organized, I'll post what that l...