Am I….sewing again? After a long dry spell (during which I knitted socks furiously and mended a lot of clothes — but I don’t really count that as ‘sewing’ per se) I’ve actually sewn a garment! I cut the pattern pieces out about 7 months ago and then left them draped over a bannister collecting dust. Literary Sewing Circle to the rescue! Melanie, whose book … Continue reading Literary Sewing Circle: Zadie in Amatka
Ahoy! Time for another hare-brained (read: Covid-brained, and therefore scattered and unfocused) blog post from yours truly! I’m here to show off a few Somerset Tops by Maven Patterns. I love a good boatneck — I think it’s such a flattering neckline. And speaking of boats, this happens to be my ‘garment inspired by the book’ for the latest round of the Literary Sewing Circle. … Continue reading Maven Patterns Somerset Top: the perfect boatneck for a Literary Sewing Circle
I always enjoy reading (and sewing) along with Melanie’s Literary Sewing Circle. The latest book that Melanie chose for us to read was A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, a novel set in both Japan as well as a remote area of British Columbia, Canada. Nao is our young female protagonist in Japan, who is struggling with severe bullying at school, a … Continue reading Literary Sewing Circle Project: Jalie Rachel Top
Do you follow the Literary Sewing Circle? Bless Melanie’s fiction-loving heart, she’s organized the fourth instalment of this sewing and reading event. Since its inception, participants in the Literary Sewing Circle have read, and maybe sewn something inspired by, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, Dance, Gladys, Dance by Cassie Stocks, The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson, and now The Painted Girls … Continue reading Pinnacles Sweater in French Thierry
It’s time for another Literary Sewing Circle instalment! Melanie over at Following the Thread is hosting another great read-and-sew-along based on the book The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson. The book takes place on an island in the Caribbean and our hapless, middle-aged protagonist has a bit of a drunken night on the beach, and ‘misplaces’ her pencil skirt. I’ve been meaning to make … Continue reading Alberta Street Pencil Skirt in the New Moon’s Arms
Alright, sorry about all the ‘something wicked’ puns that have been happening on my blog lately…but I blame it all on the Literary Sewing Circle! This virtual book & sewing club just finished reading Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes and the challenge was to sew something inspired by the book. While I did read the book in its entirety, and actually gobbled it up … Continue reading Storm Coloured Clothing This Way Comes
I’m so excited! Melanie from followingthethread.ca is hosting a literary sewalong! I have been thinking about how great it would be to do something like that for a while now, and the universe answered my half-baked thoughts about it by sending a fairy-literary-sewalong-mother in the shape of Melanie to organize and host it. Woo-hoo! The first book Melanie has proposed for her Literary Sewing Circle … Continue reading By the Pricking of My Thumbs, A Wicked Sewalong This Way Comes
Frivolous At Last 