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Painted Wool Herringbone Pieces ~ The Skirt
I purchased this fabric years and years ago from Textile Studios which is now out of the fabric business. Some of my sewing sheros bought fabric from them and made amazing garments and of course I...
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Snow Day
It's 11:46 am EST and this is how it looks out my living room window......so this is where I'll be spending the rest of the day!There must be two feet of snow on the ground already (fresh snow and old...
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My Top Ten Sewing Blogs
The other night I was reading through my bloglovin' list...which had gotten quite full...and I found these two posts by Madalynne, Best Sewing Blogs 2014 - Part One and Part Two. It's an interesting...
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Painted Wool Herringbone Pieces ~ The Vest
I haven't sewn a vest for myself in years. The last one I made was pre-blogging days, so definitely awhile ago. I made loads of vests for my daughters when they were little girls. Vests that took an...
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Painted Wool Herringbone Pieces ~ The Dress
At first I was just going to make a basic sheath dress with a little piping at the neckline and armholes. My standard work dress. Then I saw this dress on the Jones NY website......and I loved the...
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Please Don't Forget!
I hope you'll take a moment and list your top five sewing blogs on this post by tomorrow evening. I really would like to compile a listing that encompasses your ideal blogs, as well as, mine.Thanks...
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Featured Blogger ~ Vogue Pattern Magazine
I really liked Audrey, Sew Tawdry's, post when she was named the Star Blogger for Vogue Pattern Magazine in the last issue. Unlike her I have no great story just a lot of happy emotions. I'm...
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Your Top Ten Sewing Blogs
I was going to list the Top Ten blogs and then all of the Honorable Mentions in one post - ummmm not so fast. I wrote up a list that encompassed FIVE pages of blogs!So the lists will appear in two...
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The Sewing Bee - The American Version
Are you a follower of The Great British Sewing Bee? If you're in America did you patiently or not so patiently wait for each new episode of Season 1 to show up on YouTube? Are you a little piqued...
View ArticleThe Honorable Mention Sewing Blog Listing
This list is extensive and by executive decision I'm only adding the sewing and sewing related blogs. Maybe at a future time I will blog some of the additional fashion/vintage/other blogs that were...
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When did Amazon start selling sewing patterns? AND other ramblings...
I nearly fell over when I got an email from Amazon touting Simplicity patterns. When did this happen? I know you can buy a sewing machine and almost any kind of notion...though I was amazed at the...
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My Heart...
I love, love, love being a grandma or Nana as they call me! These are my heart...Sammy who is 4 weeks old, Lena who is almost 3 and Danny, "The Little Prince" who will be 5 next week! My how time...
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Can you take one more?
I really admire Claire Kennedy. She's an amazing sewist, who's sewing artistry I am in awe of, who creates beautiful garments for not only herself but for clients too. She's someone who I want to sew...
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Are You a Thread Changer?
If you've been reading my ramblings for awhile, you will know that I have a real thing about matching the thread to the fabric of whatever garment I'm sewing. This is not just the thread used to...
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This is what's on my sewing table...
I did get a little sewing done this weekend. Didn't get anything finished but I thought I would show you a few pictures of what I'm working on...the dress is from an out of print Vogue pattern 8343...
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Metro Textiles ~ Have you been lately?
I'll be honest. I've been meaning to head to Metro Textiles for weeks. I also meant to go on a day that wasn't sooooo cold outside but work, that cruel mistress that she is had me tied to my desk....
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The Oona Fat Quarter Challenge...
People, beware of sewists bearing gifts after having a few margaritas...because it can spell possible disaster...or a challenge that you've somehow agreed to that's mushroomed out of control. A...
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Inspired by Olivia Pope - Part 1
When I saw these pictures of Olivia Pope wearing this top on Pinterest, I knew I had to make one...Oliva/Kerry's top is from Dolce & Gabbana and it's selling for $1,775 on Net-A-Porter...It looks...
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Inspired by Olivia Pope
Of course, I'm totally unable to make a simple garment. I've made a few subtle changes to my version of the inspiration top which was highlighted in the last post.After using the last week to think...
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Vogue 8343 Five Easy Pieces Pattern Dress
I've probably had this pattern in the pattern stash for seven years since the copyright date is 2006. Of course it's now out of print, but the reason I purchased it was because it's one of the Five...
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