Readers, Between looking for a house to buy in Columbus, Ohio (where I am writing this), and preparing our house in Minneapolis for sale, organizing is on my mind. I have a lot of decisions to make about what’s worth keeping, packing, and moving, and what’s better to let go. I’m not intimidated but am […]
Planning My Eminent Sewing Domain
Readers, Today finds me in a winter wanderland. My mind is wandering and just doesn’t want to sit still. Maybe this mental cabin fever is a natural reaction to being cooped up after the 9.9 inches of snow the latest storm dumped on us and learning that this is Minnesota’s coldest winter in 35 years. […]
Getting Things Sewn is 1 Year Old
Readers, On February 16, 2013, after several months of planning and several weeks of vacillating between feeling ready and not ready, I hit “Publish” for the first time, and Getting Things Sewn was launched. It’s been one interesting year. These last twelve months I’ve written the Getting Things Sewn manifesto (in rhyme!) created a chart […]
Getting Things Sewn is Moving!
Readers, I’m writing this from Columbus, Ohio, where I’m staying with my sister and photographer, Cynthia DeGrand, and her husband. Columbus is having the snowiest winter in recent years, and is not very much of a change from snowy Minneapolis–so why would I visit now? Because Columbus is going to be Jack’s and my new […]
Field Trip: The Fashion Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Readers, One Sunday during my recent trip to London I went to my favorite museum ever: the Victoria & Albert Museum. It calls itself “the world’s greatest museum of art and design.” I call it a gigantic, creative playground. Striding through the tunnel from the South Kensington Underground station I always feel a surge of […]
Field Trip: “The Anatomy of a Suit,” Museum of London
Readers, The letter-writing mood has struck again. To the Director of Collections and Learning, Museum of London Dear Director: The Museum of London website says that Timothy Long is the curator of your show “The Anatomy of a Suit,” but I’m writing because there has to be a mistake. I wanted you to know so […]
Tailoring with Savile Row Tailors: The Hardy Amies Archive
Readers, Perhaps there’s an extra bedroom in your home stuffed with the paraphernalia of your sewing career: bolts of fabric, an old dress form, a sewing machine you no longer use but would never part with, garments you made that represent old sewing dreams (or nightmares), samples of fancy embroidery designs for special outfits, boxes […]