The weather cleared up in Chicago (finally!) for me to go out and take some photos.  It’s still quite cold, which was a plus since I was taking photos of my long-sleeved Spring Suit Jumper.  Otherwise, I can’t wait for it to get warmer so I can go out in the rest of my recently… Read More »

Friends, I’m on a roll with knitting!  I’ve been sick for a week and it was the only thing I could manage to do.  While I’m feeling a bit better, I still can’t manage to stop. My 9-5 day job has utterly drained me of all of my creative energy as of late, which is… Read More »

My blog has been pretty Coat & Tailoring heavy the past few weeks, I decided that I was going to change it up and talk about my current knitting projects instead. Last weekend I commenced picking up stitches and doing the short row shaping for the second sleeve cap on my Accessory to your Spring Suit Jumper.  This means… Read More »

Time seems to have gotten the best of me the past few weeks.  My 9-5 work schedule has gotten exceedingly busy which has oftentimes left me drained by the time I get home from work.  Isn’t work a bummer sometimes?!  But Gertie’s coat sew-along has revived my desire to sew once again which makes me… Read More »

I had a very productive Sunday; I went running bright and early, went out to breakfast, sewed all throughout the day (with intermissions for food and petting the bunnies) and then knit a bit in the evening. I’ve been primarily working on my floral Vogue 7924 dress, but once I got to the waist-stay and… Read More »

My blog post title is very appropriate for today but the other half of that sentence should be “and not a lot of sewing”.  I don’t think I’ve sat down to my sewing machine in close to 2 weeks now.  *Le Gasp*. I’ve been dealing with a strange kind of cold for about 2 weeks… Read More »