Serger/Overlocker Care and maintenance: avoiding expensive repairs – Manutenzione taglia e cuci: come evitare di romperla

As you know I’ve been quite unlucky with my serger/overlocker this year….I had to get it repaired twice! I spent over 200 dollars (nearly 200 euros) but at least I found a great repair service only 25 miles away from home! The problem was that my lower looper broke in half. This apparently is not so common (though Melissa told me she had the same … Continue reading Serger/Overlocker Care and maintenance: avoiding expensive repairs – Manutenzione taglia e cuci: come evitare di romperla

Sewing PrincessApril 10, 20134 Comments

Pants

Winnie Lounge Pants

Does it happen to you that you keep on postponing fairly simple projects to venture in the most complicated endeavors? That’s what I have been doing for the past few months! I have been wanting to make lounge/pajama pants pretty much since I started sewing…and never put myself to it. Finally I got tired of muslining and wanted to finish a real project…So I frankepatterned … Continue reading Winnie Lounge Pants

Sewing PrincessMarch 29, 20135 Comments

Accessories

Ready to dance!

Though it’s not technically a sewing project…there is some sewing involved in making shoes…so I thought they can make an appearance on my sewing blog… I started taking flamenco classes again this year and I desperately needed new shoes…So I decided to get them from the famous Gallardo a Madrid based company that has been making flamenco shoes by hand since 1951. Flamenco shoes have … Continue reading Ready to dance!

Sewing PrincessMarch 24, 20135 Comments

Resources

RIP Google Reader WELCOME Bloglovin, Feedly and Flipboard

By now you have probably heard or read that Google Reader will be discontinued from 1 July 2013. That’s really annoying to say the least… but thankfully there are other options out there… and they are all pretty promising Bloglovin I just signed up with them today and imported there all my existing google reader subscriptions. It was pretty fast and smooth Just follow the … Continue reading RIP Google Reader WELCOME Bloglovin, Feedly and Flipboard

Sewing PrincessMarch 17, 20136 Comments

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13 – 3 – 13

Did you check the calendar? It’s 13/3/13 or 3/13/13 (depending on the country) I thought it was a cool date…one to remember and celebrate. So tonight I will go on a dinner date at an Irish pub/restaurant with (maybe) live music…which is already quite unusual to find in Italy let alone where I live… and they really make nice food! Are you doing anything special … Continue reading 13 – 3 – 13

Sewing PrincessMarch 13, 20132 Comments