Monthly Archives: January 2011

My machine has a funny rattle…

This week I got this little blurb from a local sewing machine dealer…it just struck me as so funny that I had to share it with sewers and non-sewers alike: And speaking of organizing…  somewhere there’s a mouse who is … Continue reading

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Nitty Gritty

Pants, pants and more pants but this week some real winners. You know my rants about dirty clothes ,well this week adds to that flavor and smell. Two new clients from the “other” town I speak about made a 4 … Continue reading

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Crotches and Socks

Just another wild week in the sewing room and this week featured men. The leather jacket guy finally came by to get his re-lined jacket and spent the whole time complaining about his wife who complains about him golfing 3 … Continue reading

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Fixin’ other people’s work

Has someone ever brought you a garment that had been worked on by some “famous” seamstress/tailor and it was badly done? Well in my part of the world this seems to happen to me quite regularly and today is just … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

It seems appropriate to be working on a tuxedo jacket this week to ring in the new year with style. I got a call from a woman who said she needed me to alter her husband’s jacket after he had … Continue reading

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