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Transferring your most used patterns?
This is my Question of the Day - "How do you transfer your most used patterns?"Do you use tissue paper? Or the pattern paper with the letter and numbers? Oak tag paper like professional pattern...
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This and That Weekend Edition
Thanks to everyone who left a comment on the last post. I'm actually leaning towards the oak tag solution and can pick up the supplies in the garment district, I just wanted to know what others...
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Vogue 1370 - Construction Notes
After getting all of the alterations made to the pattern pieces, the cutting out process was just as involved. There are 14 pattern pieces for the dress all of which must be cut in a flat fabric...
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Sewing but nuthin' to show yet...
As the title says, I'm sewing but have nuthin' to show right now. However, this says it all about how I'm feeling this week...From Pinterest...more later!
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Slow Rolling on Vogue 1370
I know that I'm known for knocking garments out 1, 2, 3 and I've been seriously slow rollin' on this one. I don't know if its because I made so many fall/winter garments so early in the season or if...
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Crazy 8 Outfit Planning
Lately in my blog travels, I visited Dana's blog, Lean Mean Sewing Machine. Dana was sharing her latest makes and how she was incorporating the Crazy 8 wardrobe planning into her sewing.courtesy of...
View ArticleIt's Been An Extreme Honor
...to be one of the initial nine bloggers asked to participate in The Mood Sewing Network. I was thrilled when asked and I blogged about that excitement here. Throughout the last year I've had a lot...
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Vogue 1370 Finished!
I'm just going to let the pictures speak on this one because you've seen all of the construction posts...and after that was is there left to say. You all just want to see if the dress fits and works...
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Doublesided wool crepe & double knit wools
I love fabric. Everyone knows this and I have photographic evidence of that adoration here on the blog. Lately, I've fallen in love with these two fabric types ~ doublesided wool crepe and double...
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Sewing Daydreams
I spend a lot of time commuting back and forth to work especially during this time of the year when it seems there is so much more traffic. I spend a lot of that time surfing the web on my iPad and...
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Photo Backdrop
This is where I will be taking my photos from now on (taken prior to putting up our Christmas Tree). It's cold outside here on the East Coast and I'm truly a cold weather wimp! *LOL*I've had a few...
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My Fabric Confessions...
First I want to say a very heartfelt thanks to everyone who left a comment on my last post. I'd written the post a couple of weeks ago and I kept dithering about whether or not to post it. I mean...
View ArticleThe Fashion Fund on Ovation TV
Yesterday evening after all of the festivities had quieted down, I was flipping through TV channels to find something to watch. I don't know how long Ovation has been in my cable channel line-up but I...
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Top 5 in 2013
I wasn't going to do a review at the end of this year. I really just wanted to make it safely into 2014 since the last three months have been so drama filled. But then I read Beth's review at...
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A Quick Note on a Sunday Evening...
...so this is an additional post and not my last one for twenty thirteen. In my travels through blogland this evening, I came upon two posts that I want to highly recommend. The first one is from...
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Simplicity 3833 Sew-A-Long
Lauren, who authors the blog, Rosie Wednesday Adventures in Vintage Style Sewing, asked if I would help with her Simplicity 3833 sew-a-long. Normally I'm not a sew-a-long kinda girl but Lauren had an...
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Crazy 8 Wardrobe: The Simple Skirt
I've finished the third piece from my Crazy 8 Wardrobe...the simple elastic waist skirt...which I've managed to turn into anything but simple. I've given up believing that I can sew a simple...
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I have the best friends...
Several of my friends have known about the events happening in my life during the last couple of months of 2013. I haven't bemoaned the facts, just shared them. So one of my friends decided to do...
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Crazy 8 Wardrobe: A Tunic and Pants
To recap - the Crazy 8 Wardrobe plan has 8 pieces ~ 1 jacket, 1 cardigan, 2 tops, 1 blouse, 1 pair of pants, 1 skirt and 1 dress. I detailed my plan in this post. These are my first two garments from...
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Crazy 8 Wardrobe - The Simple Skirt in Pictures
Most of the construction details and pictures are in this post. However, when we were photographing this, Marce had a question about the application of the faux leather strips on the sides....
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