The Earth Is Flat: & Other Dressmaking Conventions

The doorways are assembled at last. Front Back My darling husband says that, from a phenomenographic perspective, my focus has shifted from...

In case you were wondering... Yes, I'm still working on the pavilion . I've finished the black couching on the second mottoe panel,...

The second section of goldwork is finished! Amazing. I thought it would never be done and then--poof--FINISHED! OK, OK, I still have to do t...

NOT to do something, is that it sometimes has the opposite result! After spending last night working on the design for the back roof of my p...

As I predicted, the--apparently endless--stitching on the mottoe has gotten be be a bit more like drudgery than I can handle, so I am commen...

I have been overcome by the coolness of the way black outlining makes everything seem crisper, and somehow clearer, and so I have completely...

It seems I wildly overestimated the time it would take to complete step two. (Especially if I ended up stuck at home with the stomach flu!) ...

OK, now couching down the black cord on the door panels goes really fast but the gold lettering on the mottoe? Not so much. As you may remem...

I am so glad I looked in my stash. The ribbon is magnificent on the lettering. There is really no other word for it. It sparkles--even in th...

OK, it's just step 1, but I'm done with the applique for the doorway. Done! Done! DONE!!!! (Thank goodness.) And they came out rathe...

As you may remember, the doorway panels are going to be attached to a 1' deep header. This band of blue-green will run the entire circum...