Cooler than You: Stupid Things I Say and Do

Since another tee shirt review, by any sewing blogger, is--well--an easy way out I'll warn you now.  Stripe matching and a spy movie set are really the reason for this posting.  The tee shirt is really just the train car du jour.   A Sloppy Josephine , slightly shrunken, in red and grey stripes, made perfect for a day of throw your clothes on and be done with it.  Cause sometimes you gotta remember that not everything has to be a tailored shirt, a pencil skirt, or a dress requiring heels.   Sometimes a tee and a pair of jeans past their prime are better served with a side of reading, reviewing, and in my case writing and grading.  Always.  Especially as I sprawl in a dying chair, feet on the desk, drinking (oh, who am I kidding . . . guzzling) iced coffee, and tapping away at a keyboard.   Seriously, though, I thought it was time I wore something besides running pants or tatty yoga pants with a Briar or Renfrew white working from ho...

So, yea, I've been sewing a lot of knits lately.  A) I heart the quick ease they bring (I mean talk about self gratification) and B) one of us is in need of basics.  As a rule, I do my damndest to keep my fabric on two shelves of a bookshelf and to keep the yardage bought to what I need.  Well, with with knits I like to see scraps pile up (as I'm making knickers) and I'm known to get creative with sculpting tees and what not.   On that note, hoodies abound with a generational passing glee.  Seriously, young and old wear them.  Before my Gram passed in 2000 she wore mine from time to time.  I kid you not.  If she was alive now she'd certainly have some of these as she liked the open fronts the best.  So, in that regard when you think about fashion and its evolution one that stands firm my generation did was bringing knits into a sense of everyday glory.  Yea, Coco Chanel brought jersey in for women's daily wear.  But, knits have...

Aside from the numerous other things I have going on in my life, and all of the writing I do professionally and for shits and giggles, I sew.  A lot.  As any of you know that read this blog. . . duh.  Well anywho, a slew of people have been messaging asking me how in the hell I can keep up the pace, make so much, and well . . . be on target for what I want to wear.  So, here's my secret: a list.  A detailed list. I should note my sister sent me the leather notebook for my Birthday.  I think it came in handy, as a list and repository for my sewing and other disasters.   Of course, I use it for detailed notes on patterns that I later blather to you about.   The swatch is on the back of that page . . . unlike below where there was enough room to put in on the front of the page.  Sometimes I stitch the swatches into the book.  Just depends on what hour of the day I finish something and how lazy I am.   See, a...