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Sale Alert - One Day Only!
Mood Fabrics entire site is 20% off TODAY ONLY!!! This is a rarity peoples so I would jump right on it! Now I'm sure you're wondering if I'm going to partake...actually no! I'm sticking with my "no...
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So it begins...
This is where I'm planning on spending some of the next 10 days. The astute will notice that I said "some"...see it's like this. Originally I'd planned a 12 day immersion in my sewing cave. I'd...
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Seven Core Sewing Skills by Cynthia Guffey
I'm a huge Cynthia Guffey fan. H-U-G-E! About a decade ago I spent two days at the Worcester Expo taking all of her classes. Those classes, as well as, the books I brought home with me changed my...
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September is National Sewing Month
September is National Sewing Month and since I'm spending the next seven days at home reveling in my sewing cave, I thought I would start the month off celebrating the craft I love!I've been home for...
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The CRR version of Vogue 8209
Tuesday was spent taking photos of the CRR dress which is now appearing on the Mood Sewing Network. I've finished the jacket and skirt from the remaining piece of the Chado Ralph Rucci double knit...
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The Chado Ralph Rucci Wool Double Knit Dress
This garment is ALL about the fabric. This amazing Chado Ralph Rucci wool double knit fabric was posted on Moods' Instagram account a couple of weeks ago. After some discussion online, some drooling...
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Butterick 6002 ~ A Pleather & Ponte Sweater Cardigan
I thought about making a dress next, honestly I did. I have two pieces of fabric pretreated and set aside and a pattern that's been screaming my name for the last two weeks. Funny how it's stopped...
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A Wool Crepe Dress ala Michael Kors
This dress is on my fall sewing list but it wasn't one of the items I was thinking of working on during the sewcation. However, I saw this on "The Lisa Robertson Show" on QVC......and I had the...
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An Update from the Sewing Cave...
I thought I would answer some of the questions posed during the sewcation as well as document some of my thoughts in this post. However, I thought I would start with a picture of the completed...
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Throwback Thursday #1
I found this skirt when I was emptying out one of those garage fabric bins...I made it from a wool/cotton blend purchased from Fabric Mart back in 2006. It was part of a SWAP wardrobe called "Pinstripe...
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My Fabric Confession
It took exactly 62 days to break my fabric vow......and once broken I fell off that dayum wagon, rolled down the hill, through the bramble bushes before I arrived in the gully...and looked up to see...
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September Fabric Winners
I've been with the grandkids and my daughter all day at The Central Park Zoo...So I'm just getting around to pulling fabric from the collection and the names from the jar...The two September winners...
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The Pleather Cardigan and Herringbone Skirt
Let's recap...I'm on Mood's Instagram account and I see this fabric...from Mood's Instagram account...Mood calls it black vinyl...me I call it kewl, unbelievably kewl lacey pleather. I bought 1/2 yard...
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A Win and a Fail
You know that old adage, "Do you want the good news or the bad news first?" I always go with the bad news first because if someone is asking that question, the good news is never really good news...at...
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Friday Evening Ramblings
There are a few things that have been rambling around in my brain and I need to get them down here so that I have a place to refer back to when I have a question or need some direction.Sewing Plans...
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The First of the Five in Five Dresses
The first of the Five in Five outfits was inspired by this dress from The Avenue......and after a quick trip to Mood Fabrics one Friday evening to pick up a couple of yards of black ponte...along with...
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Navy & Black Square Necked Dress
Or the second dress in the Five in Five series...This dress was driven by the fabric. Seriously. I found this fabric at Emmaonesock......and I added it to some black wool crepe from the collection.To...
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Vogue 8935 - A top and skirt
This pattern has been on my "must sew" list from it's debut in the last Vogue pattern release. Admittedly the artwork on the pattern looks kinda blah but I could see the potential in the pattern. It...
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September has been a good Sewing Month...
Here on the final day of September ~ the last day of National Sewing Month ~ I'd like to do a recap of my sewing for this month.My sewing totals are always good when a sewcation is involved...and even...
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A Favor for a Friend
So my coworker was the first woman in our office to get pregnant. It was a pretty exciting time finally having a female coworker pregnant in the office. I really wanted to give her a special gift so...
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