Mending my favorite H&M cardigan

 One of my favorite blogs, Sherry's Pattern ~ Scissors ~ Cloth, had the great idea of starting Fix-it-Fridays. I immediately signed up, and then failed to keep up... except for the first Friday.

For 5 or 6 years now I've had a wonderful cardigan I bought at H&M. Its style is vaguely military and I love the many buttons, but the best feature is its shape, which is the most flattering thing ever on my type of body.

But I've been very neglectful. I let two, nearly three, buttons fall off and part of the neckline began unraveling.

I'm a little ashamed to say that I loved the cardigan so much that I still wore it that way...


But no more. My cardigan is as good as new. Thanks Sherry!

The archives: paisley shirt

This must have been one of the first few garments I sewed, sometime around 1987-88. I vaguely recall that the pattern was from a Prima Patrones magazine, which I don't have anymore. I loooooved this fabric and I was so proud of the shirt, even though it has some serious flaws. For some reason the neck pieces turned out bigger than the neck hole. My brilliant solution? Finish the two neck pieces individually and then overlap them at the back. Ugh! And that is not the worse. The slanted breast pockets are placed at different heights!! Luckily for me the print is busy enough to obscure that major faux pas. Phew!

I haven't worn it in ages, and I'm not sure I ever will again, but I still can't part with it...