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I've Not Died . . .
I've just gone to Instagram. Greetings to any Readers who have stuck around during my absence. I've had a busy six weeks, mostly good, with lots of sewing projects. But something had to give and it...
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New Client
So one of the things that has kept me busy this fall is the work I've done for musician Michele McGovern.Photo by Roland Lim Photography, used with Michele's permission Isn't she lovely?? I first heard...
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Hardware and Hammers
I decided to enter the Pattern Review Surprise Sewing Bee even though this is an entirely impractical thing for me to try to engage in right now. But sometimes leaping into the impractical (and...
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New Bag for STITCH Winter 2014
I have been wanting to learn to sew with leather for some time now, and purchased and watched Kenneth King's Leather 101 video from PatternReview.com in anticipation of finding a project. I then...
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Vogue 1377 & Unexpected Joy
This project started as a blanket, a wool cape, a silk suit, and various scraps from various projects. My client, Alice, brought me the blanket back in August along with a copy of Vogue 1377 and asked...
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Refashion: Men's Button Down Shirt to Women's Fitted Blouse
Back in November I participated in Pattern Review's Surprise Sewing Bee. I didn't make it past the second round (ah well) but I got a lot out of the projects I completed. The first one was my hardware...
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I enjoy hearing the voices of bloggers I follow, like Karen with her annual holiday message at Did You Make That? Sometimes the actual voice matches the one I've been hearing in my head. Sometimes it...
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A Little Holiday Giving
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen some of these gifts already. I didn't sew as many small gifts this year, but I did make a few bigger ones. I had to cut down on my sewing for teachers -...
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Refashion: Wedding Dress 1970-something to Wedding Dress 2014
I have a few refashioning projects to showcase this month. One of the things I like about refashioning garments, is that there is usually a story involved. The projects come with a shot of nostalgia....
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Get Your Motors Running (Va-vvrrooooom!)
Sometime back in the fall Rhonda Buss from Rhonda's Creative Life invited me to participate in Janet Prey's (of Islander Sewing) Get Your Motors Running contest. Ten bloggers would participate and the...
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Doubleknit Starburst Heaven
You know when you sew something that you've been thinking about for a long time and you really hope it lives up to your expectations? And sometimes it doesn't? This dream turned out to be everything I...
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Reclaiming Red + Green
I did some reading in color theory last fall, and I was surprised to see red + green mentioned as complementary colors for creating color combos. This combination is associated so strongly with a...
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Activewear for the Win! McCall's 7026
Hey folks! February sometimes does bring good news along with all it's never-ending snow and cold (and more and more cold with all the staying indoors with bouncy children that it brings. Mama's going...
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Old School Rickrack
So wikipedia just informed me that rickrack's popularity peaked in the 1970's. I'm sure my mom stitched it onto the clothes that she sewed me, although I have no physical evidence of this. Our living...
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Boom!
Yep, that's the sound of my Bombshell bathing suit, or at least it's the sound I made out of excitement when I was all finished! So this is officially my second adventure in swimsuit sewing, but I'm...
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Embracing Mistakes
Greetings! How are things in your part of the world? Fall is creeping in here, although the cicadas are still chirping so summer doesn't quite feel over yet. I love this time of the year, when change...
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Pattern Review: StyleArc Antoinette Pant
I hate to start anything with an apology, but I must say that these photos are not my best work. But if I wait until I can find another 15 minutes to re-take the photos (you know, when...
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Happy Halloween!
My husband and I started using those pumpkin stencil booklets that you can buy at the grocery store a few years ago, and we got hooked. At first we just did fancy carvings for our own pumpkins, and...
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Wedding Dress to Biker Jacket Refashion
Whew. Now this was a Project, capital P and all. This was one of those projects that feels a bit like climbing a mountain or running a marathon. For a long time, you can't quite see where the finish...
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Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016!
It's here, a New Year. I'm getting back into routine after a lazy, lounge-y holiday with the family. I enjoy the break from regular routine and then I'm hungry to get back to it again, too. I managed...
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