Londa's Sewing Projects 11/12

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My Blog here is a work in progress...having just brought over all 618 of my posts from my 'Old Blog' which I began in 2005! Please excuse the duplications for a spell while I go through them all.

Londa

Feb 18, 20091 min read

Newest Creative Sweatshirt Jackets….

Here are my latest Creative Sweatshirt Jackets… I love, love, love this grey one – which I came up with while designing for one of my...

Londa

Feb 18, 20093 min read

Wedding Gown Creation…a NEW Beginning

Scratch that design from January…when we went to the local independent Bridal shop a few weeks ago, my daughter fell in love with an ALL...

Londa

Jan 28, 20091 min read

Basic Black Pant and Top Sewing

For Londa’s books, patterns, and supplies as described in her sewing escapades, please see Londa’s Creative Threads –...

Londa

Dec 21, 20081 min read

Mom’s new Jacket

It’s done – YEA! Below are process steps. The corally texture fabric is actually gores from an 8 gore skirt of mine that I had decided I...

Londa

Dec 16, 20081 min read

Embellish a Hoodie

Starting with a pull0ver hoodie sweatshirt – I slashed it up the center, added a hood lining cut on the bias, bands up the center front,...

Londa

Oct 15, 20081 min read

New Jacket completed for Houston

Back from the Original Sewing & QuiltingExpo in St.Charles, IL. Terri from Indianapolis was great help, and we had a blast. I felt the...

Londa

Sep 17, 20081 min read

New Crop of Jackets ‘Birthed’

I don’t know why – but a couple weeks before a show- I lay awake atnight creating the design for new jackets. Sew….here’s the latest...

Londa

Sep 5, 20081 min read

Londa ‘published’ in magazine and new book

Exciting Days – my work has recently been published! Sweatshirts with a Twist is a book edited by the editor of Clotilde’s Sew Savvy...

Londa

Aug 28, 20081 min read

Fine Pant Finishing Details

These are my favorite Chico’s pants. I bought 2 pair last December on sale – for about $15! Anyway – LOVE these fine details – and you...

Londa

Aug 16, 20081 min read

USA Pride Jacket

For Londa’s books, patterns, and supplies as described in her sewing escapades, please see Londa’s Creative Threads –...

Londa

Jul 29, 20082 min read

Thank You Jacket for a Friend

Well – it goes in the mail today! I hope she’ll absolutely LOVE it and feel it was worth the wait! Karen selected one of my kits while I...

Londa

May 27, 20081 min read

Child’s Jacket – Promised

Is this just too cute, or what?? What fun I had with this one! I actually started with an adult XL sweatshirt – and used it AS FABRIC. I...

Cleaning Out & BUSY Creating pattern: Promised

Londa

May 15, 20081 min read

Cleaning Out & BUSY Creating pattern: Promised

These days find me busy busy cleaning out the ENTIRE house! I started at the top and am to the basement. Watch my londas-sewing.com...

Londa

Jan 30, 20082 min read

Jacket/ How-to’s in Sew Savvy Magazine

Yea – it’s out! My first magazine article since Creative Needle back in the early 90’s. Sew Savvy – March issue that just hit the stands....

Londa

Jan 20, 20081 min read

Refined & Pathways pattern development

I saw a jacket with eensy strips of bias irridescent silk doupioni and so I’m playing with that – which you can’t see very well on this...

Londa

Jan 17, 20081 min read

Brass Striped Unity Jacket

A ‘stuffed sausage’ collar covered with the bias cut striped fabric completed this jacket. I’m still ‘noodling’ the closures – and onto a...

Londa

Jan 14, 20082 min read

Progress report on new patterns

Well – I’m hard at work designing – stitching – and then typing. My hubby snapped a pic of me at my old ironing board where I have my...

Londa

Jan 10, 20082 min read

ReCycle Jacket with Sweat, Jeans, Tie

The Second jacket for my Unity pattern – this one to replace a favorite of mine (and apparently someone else’s – as it was swiped right...

Londa

Jan 5, 20081 min read

ReCycle Sewing: Sweatshirt + Sweater

UNITY The challenge here is that the sweatshirt is a 2XL. My duct tape double is not a 2XL – more like a 10/12. So – don’t expect it to...

Londa

Dec 31, 20072 min read

Jacket Pattern Design Process

It occurred to me while in the mess you see to the left, that it might be interesting to ‘sewing crazy ladies’ like myself, to follow...

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