beccabeck stuff: 5/11/25

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Midlife Diversion - THAT purse

Purse making photos, popping here because Pattern Review doesn't let me upload TBs of pics, go figure.

If you're gonna make it, make it good!

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Clothing Engineer

New Machine: Juki TL-2010Q - Just got this baby delivered yesterday! I haven’t made a space for it in the sewing room yet so I set it up on my dining room table for now. My primary sew...
1 day ago
SMF Designs and Friends

Stripe Success: Sewing a Custom Men’s Shirt in Linen/Cotton Blend - [image: Stripe Success: Sewing a Custom Men’s Shirt in Linen/Cotton Blend] There’s something special about sewing for the men in our lives, especially wh...
1 week ago
'So, Zo...'

Free Pattern Friday: Onil Square Neck Blouse for Adults - *Welcome to my monthly 'Free Pattern Friday' feature, where I road test a free sewing pattern or tutorial: sometimes a children's one, sometimes an adult...
3 weeks ago
Sigrid - sewing projects

Ivy top finished (knitting) - This was a quick and easy knit. I finished it in about two weeks time (holiday season). Irony has it that it was finished on one of the coldest days we had...
1 month ago
Eyelets in the Seams

Scrappy Asian Print projects... - Earlier in the year - October I think, I made this for a kitty...and then those Asian print pot holders - I really like making pot holders, i am a slow se...
1 month ago
Tanit-Isis Sews

A Little Black Corset - Doesn’t every woman need a little black corset? Continue reading →
3 months ago
Handmade by Carolyn

bathers - Hello! I made a new pair of bathers for myself… and I’m chuckling to myself that I’ve gone kinda Bay … Continue Reading → The post bathers appeared firs...
4 months ago
Needles and Nails

Silhouette Patterns Sak's Slim Knit Pant #3426 (and wrap I'll probably never make) - This will be garment #2 in the Endless Combinations contest on Pattern Review. I have one pair done, and it's currently in the washer/dryer, unhemmed. ...
4 months ago
The House of Kent

Posting to keep my account - Just a quick post to show that my account is still active.
6 months ago
SewTawdry

Sewing Catchup 3 - Using up Remnants - Number 3 of a sewing catchup posts. When I was a teenager, I did a lot of sailing on lakes in PA. And hubby and I owned a sailboat in the early years of o...
6 months ago
The Sewing Lawyer

Can I post retroactively? Filling in a gap from 2021 - A friend told me she couldn't find the post on my blog about an epic machine knitting project that I completed on Christmas day in 2021. Nor could I, bec...
7 months ago
SunnyGal Studio Sewing

Burda wool blazer with patch pockets 03/2024 No. 106 - Back in cold and rainy February when it seemed that spring was far away I had the urge to make a wool blazer. Something I absolutely do not need but I do...
10 months ago
ragbags and gladrags - Made by the Sea

I am Patterns - Irma Dress - I was busy scrolling on my phone when I saw the most beautiful shirt dress pattern. The Irma Dress and Shirt by I Am Patterns. This pattern company wa...
1 year ago
Stitches and Seams

Just in time for warm weather - Cashmerette Stanton - The Sewjo has been Slowjo since my last post. And that means I probably won't have much chance to wear this before next winter, except for taking Cyrus out...
2 years ago
Sharon Sews

A Sequin Knit Cardigan using The Sewing Workshop Cascade Dress Pattern - If you follow the Fabric Mart Fabricista blog, you've already seen my sequin cardigan in my April post. However, I want to document my makes here also ...
2 years ago
Rhonda's Creative Life

Sunday Night Reflections -
4 years ago
Quilt, Sew, Sew Sue

Felt fun! - I have been having fun making some Christmas ornaments from felt, I have recently joined a woman's group and they are planning to hold a market stall and...
6 years ago
Two On Two Off

I'm still here! - I feel bad that my blog is just sitting over here slowly rotting away. I'm still sewing a ton and just got done with a fabulous (if I do say so myself!) tr...
6 years ago
le mani d'oro

My first black tie party - DH tuxedo from Classy in Montreal My top Eva dress patterns - Kimono blouse Skirt - Vogue 2607 (out of print) Am I wrong or a black tie party is always g...
6 years ago
Petite and Sewing

The Boatneck Top - I am finally wearing my new silk boatneck top that I started in 2018 with Susan Khalje. That tuck disappeared during the day. Back in 2017 when a group of...
6 years ago
Allison.C Sewing Gallery

Style Arc Juliet Shirt - Link to Style Arc Juliet shirt pattern here As a fan of all the drapy, twisty patterns I loved this Style Arc shirt when it was released and ordered it p...
7 years ago
Just Keep Sewing

Living Coral Cardigan (Part 2) - Can I tell you... if I had another day (and a much less demanding week at work), this cardigan would've been absolutely phenomenal! So, I'll just have to s...
7 years ago
My Sewing Basket

Connect Bloglovin - Follow my blog with Bloglovin
7 years ago
Sew Intriguing

I Found It! (The Instant Jacket Pattern) - I'm sure most of you have just as much stuff as I do related to our love of needlework of various kinds, and this will be a familiar tale. This summer I su...
7 years ago
SewFit

Circle Skirt Tutorial - Using Circle Calculator by FM Sewing Studio - As promised- Free Video for circle skirt , using my circle calculator. Please let me know if you have any question. Have a great week!! Fabulously yours Om...
8 years ago
A Tailor Made It

Quilted silk jerkin - Almost finished! Yay! I padded up a stand earlier in the fall, using a combination of measurements, and a former costume and some internet photos I found. ...
8 years ago
Up Sew Late

Named Esme Cardigan (How to Wear a Blanket All Winter Long) - In the winter when I'm cold, there is nothing I want more than to feel cosy - warm and snuggly despite the wind, wrapped in a blanket from neck to knee. ...
8 years ago
Amanda's Adventures in Sewing

Simplicity 8296 - Navy + White Off-The-Shoulder Blouse - Off-the-shoulder blouses are currently everywhere: in stores, magazines, and pattern catalogues. I don't always make the newest trend right away, probably ...
8 years ago
sew at sea

Update - * Christmas at the inn* I'm still around. Just not a lot of sewing these days. We were busy working last year at the inn I mentioned in my last pos...
8 years ago
A Fool for Fabric

THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF SLOW SEWING! - After too many years to count of speedy sewing, trying to get things *done quickly**,* I have become enamored of slow sewing. Why? For one thing, I don't r...
8 years ago
SewYLD

I sewed something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Yup. I sewed something today. Admittedly a very simple something, but a something nevertheless. Took mum for an outing to Abhakhan fabrics today since sh...
8 years ago
Creating In The Gap...

Time For a Makeover - Hey Everyone! Things may seem quiet around here, but all is well and I'm still sewing lots. I'll be back next week. With a spiffed up new blog! I thoug...
10 years ago
The Slapdash Sewist

Burda 11-2012-118, Classic Trench - [image: Burda 11-2012-118 Thumbnail] So last Spring, almost a year ago now, I was in a mood to tackle a big project and to do it right. I don't know why ...
10 years ago
On the Road to Sew Wear

Butterick 5863 -The reverse Toile - aka - what not to do. - The first cut is the deepest Before I get into my finished items I want to say I was wowed by the response to my last post. An amazing 138 people voted on...
10 years ago
Virginia's Sew Blessed Daughter

McCall's 5233 - OOP - Repeat! - This is the same pattern I used for a previous project *seen here*. I knew that prior to "retiring" it I'd *have* to make View A...the "chemise" dress. ...
11 years ago
Off The Cuff ~Sewing Style~

Mini-TUTORIAL: Gathered or Puffed? It's all about the Seam Allowances! - The Riviera Annisette Top is one of my favorite styles from HotPatterns, and a perfect style to demonstrate how manipulating the shoulder seam allowanc...
11 years ago
All My Seams

NEED FABRIC ADVICE ASAP!! IMPORTANT MISSION - Hello Blogger Friends, If anybody can help, I know it is the people in this group. My mom was associated with some very talented people so I'm coming to y...
11 years ago
There is Joy . . . the adventure begins

More hiking adventures. - A couple of my co-workers, Leah and Steve, have started an informal hiking group on Saturdays. Deerfield Lake - We hiked THIRTEEN MILES around the lake Dee...
11 years ago
Myrna Giesbrecht

It's Not Neon Yellow In Real Life - Yesterday morning, I finished the muslin and then pinned and tucked the fabric until it fit the way I wanted and then I transferred those changes to the pa...
12 years ago
Where in the World Are We?

Beautiful Isfahan... - I'm slightly frustrated...between us, Dave and I took over 3000 pictures in Iran, and picking out a dozen or so to share is almost impossible! So, this pos...
12 years ago

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Midlife Diversion - THAT purse

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