Cotton Creek Sewing

My personal coat-sew-along on the Butterick 5824 1950's coat by Gertie continues.  One of the two challenging aspects of this project w...

I saw an advertisement for a Craftsy course by Susan Khalje  and I thought, I don't need to pay the money for the course, I'll just ...

Having procrastinated as long as I possibly could on the new coat, I faced facts:  I was going to have begin.  First step:  pre-shrink my ca...

I'm just a hem away from finishing Vogue 8648 , but I wanted to blog about joining Gertie's 1950's Coat Sew-Along.  Here's t...

It's a 1940's shirtdress!  It's no suprise that I love shirtdresses (Crab Dress anyone?), and Butterick came out with this ...

Last night all I had to do was sew the buttons on this dress and I'd have the perfect red Valentines Day Dress.  This is a New Loo...

I was really taken with McCalls 5972 - a Laura Ashley sheath dress with a retro collar:  I  made view "B", with...