All posts tagged: learning to sew

week 23 recap: my rosaline skirt, mark bittman’s rhubarb crisp, and the movie I want to see

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I made a skirt! If you follow my Instagram, you may know that I started a new project a few weekends ago – I decided to make the Rosaline skirt, which is a free pattern from Peppermint Magazine. I love that you can download and print digital patterns at home by just clicking a few buttons, and start sewing (almost) right away.  If you download and print the PDF pattern as I did, make sure you have enough ink in your printer and paper in the house. You should also have some glue. I used one of the many glue sticks I still have at home from when the kids were little. (I’m amazed they haven’t all dried out by now!). You’ll also need enough room to lay all the sheets of paper down after they’re glued, before you can start cutting the actual pattern pieces. (I opted for the floor.) It took me about one and a half hours to print, cut, and glue all the sheets, and then cut out each piece of …

learning to sew and loving my new pajama shorts

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Today I thought I would show you what I made a few weekends ago… I am quite proud of my little project. At first glance, my new p.j. shorts may not seem all that special. Making pajama shorts must be one of the easiest projects in the world — especially if you know how to sew. I have watched several videos on YouTube, where, in a matter of minutes, people cut, sew, boom, done! A perfect pair — just like that. My original plan was to sew pajama pants, but as I prepared to cut the pattern pieces, I realized I didn’t have enough fabric. (I also didn’t think of folding the fabric in a different way; something I learned later that day.) So, I decided to make the shorts. In retrospect, I wish I had made the pants, even if they had been a tad shorter than they were supposed to be — I love this fabric. The pattern I used is McCall’s “EASY” M8056. It’s funny that I even own this pattern. There …