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Lilac and Gray Pieces ~ The Dress
I was inspired by this dress from Talbots ~I just loved the pretty lilac color and how it screamed spring. But this is a very simple design and after handling the fabric I realized that I wanted more...
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Is Your Garment Free...
...when you sew from stash? Or the collection as I like to call it?See, I'm not buying any fabric in the foreseeable future. Not because I don't want any but because it's started to crawl up the...
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Elliott Berman ~ Have you been lately?
The last time I was at Elliott Berman's was for the PR Little Black Dress Event. There was so much to do and so many people to talk to that I never looked at the fabric. I've been meaning to get back...
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Updating an Outfit
I'm seeing a lot of seersucker this spring! I like seersucker alot. It's a cool fabric that's available in loads of color and seems to scream easy breezy summer days. I made this outfit back in...
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Lilac Dress without the Gray
I definitely started this journey with a necklace as the inspiration and two fabrics from the collection. However, actual weekend sewing never yielded the cardigan. That doesn't mean that I'm not going...
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Vogue 8995 - The Start of the Journey
I knew I wanted to sew this pattern as soon as it appeared online.Especially since it reminded me of Vogue 8799 which I made in August 2012...though I was never thrilled with my interpretation. I mean...
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Vogue 8995 - Construction Details
First I need to say that my alterations worked using the smaller of the waistline inserts...and I was totally thrilled! I will make a note on the file folder so that I know for the future which...
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This is what 55 looks like...
I am 55 today and I'm thrilled. Earlier this year, I was a little freaked but as I started to meditate on it, I realized a few things...I'm alive and in relatively good health.I've lived longer than...
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Vogue 8995 - The Reveal
This dress was a joy to make ~ truly! It was a challenging sew but not a frustrating one. You know the challenging ones where things just don't go as planned vs. the ones that are challenging because...
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The Optical Illusion Dress
The good thing about having a large fabric collection is the many choices available when you start a new project. Now I know that I said I'd use the new fabric from Elliott Berman but when I landed in...
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Daytona Trimmings - Have you been lately?
Hands down this is my favorite trim store in the Garment District. I know there are some better known trim stores - M&J or sewist favorites - Pacific Trimmings but my heart belongs to Daytona....
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So I've been thinking...
...about what to sew next. I have the fabric from Smugglers Daughter out on the cutting table with a pattern and it's just not doing it for me...It's not the fabric but the fabric/pattern combo...and...
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Vogue 8972 - Dress Front Pattern Alterations
You should know this before I write it...I used my TNT dress pattern as the basis to make the pattern alterations to the dress. Now one good thing about this pattern having so many pieces is that...
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Vogue 8972 - Dress Back Pattern Alterations
As I stated in my last post, there are ALOT of pattern alterations to get this dress to fit my plus size body. Because the alterations are so extensive and I really wanted to show the entire process,...
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A Few Thoughts...halfway through the year
I haven't sewn much this year compared to years past. Probably because after so much sewing, I do have a pretty amazing wardrobe. I started filling one of the last holes in my wardrobe earlier this...
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One Special Piece...
Truly I haven't been purchasing fabric. I have alot of it and lately haven't wanted much. However, a very kind friend gave me a gift certificate to Elliot Berman for my birthday. I wanted to savor...
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I cleaned my sewing room...
Yes, yes I did. I used the vacuum cleaner to get all the dust bunnies from up under the fabric shelves. I removed all the extra stuff and put my ironing board away (which broke into 2 pieces - what's...
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No fabric buying so I buy patterns instead...
Let's be real. I'm not a big Simplicity pattern owner or sewist. Most likely because Simplicity hasn't learned the value of a good online pattern sale the way Butterick/McCalls/Vogue has. I'm sure I...
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An Inside Shot
I saw these dresses hanging and the inside view of the finished armholes made me happy. See I know a lot of sewists finish off their armhole seams the RTW way by machine stitching them closed. Me, I'm...
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Thursday Miscellany
Good morning to you! I'm sitting in my very clean sewing cave for the first time in over a week. I'm a bunch of cliches and mixed emotions this morning, cause I just want to exhale! Seriously, can't...
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