For the past year or so, fashion magazines have predicted that the skirt length is going lower and the midi is coming back. This fall we are seeing it actually happen from the runway... to shops like Anthropologie (notice the florals) and and JCrew. (Notice that it's a shirt dress!) The skirts are full, flowing and long! This is a trend that you can easily sew for this fall! The pattern companies have responded and have put out lots of options for longer skirts. Here are some

Last week I had the chance to visit the Brimfield Antiques Show. Not very much came home with me from that day, but there was one terrific find, an original copy of "How to do English Smocking" by Grace Knott published in 1946! So today's post is a mini smocking history lesson. I was a history major in college, and one of the things I love about smocking, embroidery and knitting is the connection it forges with generations of women who went before us. (I also picked up the fu

The Guipure Lace is attached to the Skirt Base by hand using a back stitch to attach each motif.