Sewing on the Edge with Barbara Emodi

  We have had that day this week- the day when you get up to walk the dog in the morning and think "it's changed, I can feel fall....

I grew up in rural Manitoba. We moved to Montreal when I was 15 so my youngest sister could go to the Montreal Oral School for the Deaf (she...

I have been sewing and sewing lately on various projects and I realized I have definite sewing outfits. Two days this week it has been some ...

The last of this spring Jalie patterns I previewed this year was this one, the Florence top and dress . I used a linen blend from ...

For a while now I have been wanting to make a light jacket for golfing and general dog walking activities. I needed something in the way...

My fabric shelves have been spitting up a whole bunch of fabrics that I have picked up over the years with no real idea of when or how I was...

One of the things I decided to do this year when I chose which Jalie patterns I would sew, was that I wanted to try a few things outside ...

Jeanne, for knit pyjamas, is actually one of my favourite patterns in the new Jalie spring line.  I nearly fell over when I saw this ...

Well it is that time of year again when I participate in Jalie's spring launch of new patterns with my own reviews. This is how this w...

Yesterday Jalie released a new pattern, the Rachel and I made it up to wear to a presentation I gave to the Atlantic Sewing Guild.  ...

Of all the new Jalies I made this spring I think I had most fun making the  Michelle summer dress. My absolute favourite thing in the...

I made the new Jalie Simone wide-legged pants  and the Gisele round neck top as a set for comfortable travelling. Here are th...

The new Jalie Nicole knit dress reminds me so much of two of my all time favourite knit dresses, bought 30 years ago from Landsend, an...

The Nikita pattern was a bit of an adventure for me.  Here is the line drawing and the pattern pieces: You can see why this patter...