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This week: Are you ready for Fall?
It seems like Fall is lurking just around the corner around here.
I’m trying to take advantage of summer while it lasts. Last weekend, we went for an amazing hike up on Mount Hood, where wild huckleberries are currently plentiful. The waterfalls were gorgeous, and I brought my sketchbook to capture some of the incredible alpine wildflowers that abound.
When we got home, I baked these lemon huckleberry scones from the huckleberries we picked. I used my favorite vegan cream scone recipe as a base, but replaced the earth balance with coconut oil, which worked great.
I hope you all get a chance to enjoy the season this weekend. As much as I look forward to fall every year, it’s always a little hard to say goodbye to the sunshine.
Some fun links for you this week:
- Using a mere “fat quarter” of fabric, make 5 yards of bias tape in a snap!
- Do you get frustrated when you try to refold a pattern and fit it back into the envelope? No more!
- Learn to use a rolled hem foot–which makes hemming a breeze!
- Techniques to properly prep wool crepe before sewing.
- What a cute idea for creating a colorful, handmade needle sharpening pincushion.
- Like gathering ideas from past fashions? Check out this gallery of fashion from 1795-1920 for loads of inspiration!
- A pretty ruffled wristlet that you can make.
- An intersting discussion on the “demise of bad taste“…
- Make yourself a stack of easy (and stylish) cotton gauze scarves.
- How to move a zipper’s placement from Threads Magazine.
Comments
Kat
August 31, 2012 #
Thankfully in this hemisphere we are gearing up for spring! And I’ve been sewing like crazy :-)
Sarai
August 31, 2012 #
How self-centered of me to forget about you lovely southern hemisphere folks! In my defense, all I can think about is releasing our Fall patterns soon. :)
Jeri Sullivan
September 6, 2012 #
How many more days do we have to wait to see the new designs? Now that football is in full swing and labor day in the US has past, I am really revving up for fall sewing!
Sarai
September 6, 2012 #
Less than a week now! They’ve already been released to retailers so they can get them in stock for the official launch on Thursday. :)
Jeri Sullivan
September 7, 2012 #
Saw the other post and can’t wait. Does that mean they will be for sale on your website the same day as the first meet and greet?
Alexandra Gerull
August 31, 2012 #
Yes, fall is definitely in my thoughts and feelings. Plotting great winter clothes while having as many lattes out in the sun as September will allow. We had a pretty dismal summer here in Germany, so I’m up for autumn and winter if they behave like they should.
Stephanie
August 31, 2012 #
I’ve been so ready for fall! Thankfully the 90F heat can’t keep me from busting out my fall colored pieces a bit early.
Shirley
August 31, 2012 #
What beautiful photos! I love the link you posted about the scraves; I bookmarked it to definitely try later.
Kathryn
August 31, 2012 #
Mount Hood looks so beautiful – looking at your photos makes me realise how much I need a break from the city! Today in London the skies are bright blue and there’s a definite autumn crispness to the air which gets me pretty excited for Autumn!
Janice
August 31, 2012 #
That looks gorgeous! Straight out of a calendar. I’m ready for fall, but my next project is a winter coat.
Tika’s Mum
August 31, 2012 #
Fall for you spring for us; we can smell it in the air. Sewing for spring and summer because I know it will be too hot come December to do anything but swim in the harbour. Here’s to the change in seasons!
betty jordan wester
August 31, 2012 #
Fall & spring are my favorites. I love the changing seasons. Something about the unpredictable weather makes me smile.
Nicole
August 31, 2012 #
Just beautiful, looks so serene! and your scones look yummy, cant beat a good scone :-)
Cheryl Hernandez
August 31, 2012 #
I’m a displaced Oregonian living in Minnesota. I miss going over Mt Hood to visit my parents in Wasco. Loved picking “hackleberries” as my daughter use to call them.
TatteredSpinner
August 31, 2012 #
Yes, I am sincerely ready for fall. I was not made for the 90+ degree weather we have down here in North Carolina, and autumn is like being able to breath fresh air fo the first time in months.
Jamie
September 1, 2012 #
No, I can not wait for Fall. Definitely my favorite season. Also, I am so excited about your Fall patterns. My Fall sewing plans can not be complete until I see them ;)
Cheryl
September 2, 2012 #
Right now I am missing Oregon and the beautiful waterfalls…just sitting and sweating under the hot Hungarian sun, no water to be seen, no rain for three months and a drier summer than I can ever remember. Patiently waiting for fall…
Kate
September 3, 2012 #
Not quite yet. Summer over here was worse than awfull so it feels as if I’ve missed something – enough sunlight and time spent outdoors.
I just wonder whether there will be another fall palette challenge once the new patterns are out..
melissa
September 3, 2012 #
I’m behind on my feeds but thanks v much for linking my ruffled wristlet! :D
elizabeth
September 5, 2012 #
i love all these links!! thanks for the inspiration! I don’t like fall normally but am looking forward to wearing my frye boots i bought on clearance at end of spring!! I hope to make some scarves and that pincushion, and i just ordered a rolled hem foot for my machine! :)