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Vogue 9095 - Construction Details
The thing about making a jacket is that it takes time. Normally when I get the shell of a garment finished, I know that I will be done soon. Â Ummmmm, not so much with a jacket. Â There are still a...
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The Garment District: A New To Me Trim Store
Yesterday evening I was rushing to meet a friend for dinner. Â I'd been at Macy's to snoop shop, got caught up and was late leaving. Â I was walking to the subway and diverted down a side street, coming...
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A Couple of Tops - Vogue 8209
I've used this out of print pattern before but for the jacket. Â This time though I was looking for a princess seamed tank top to wear with the Vogue black jacket and the accompanying pieces.Version...
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The New Exhibits at FIT
Miss Cellie's Pants blog post about the new exhibits at FIT reminded me that I had not seen them yet. So a friend and I went down to see the new exhibit together.There are presently three exhibits at...
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A Vogue Five Pak
I know the posts were light last week but that's because working on the jacket took longer than I expected. However, the jacket spawned a few additional pieces, most of which have already been...
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Remaking My TNT Dress Pattern
The reason why I didn't get catatonic and ball up in the fetal position crying inconsolably about losing my TNT dress pattern, is that I never threw the original pattern pieces away. That meant the...
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Thinking about Spring Sewing
I think spring is finally peeking it's head above the last of the snow since the trees are starting to grow buds...so I guess thinking about spring sewing is okay now. Especially since my new wearable...
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Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Normally I have at least one daughter with me for Easter with a big family dinner at home. Â This year all of my children and their families have gone their own way, so I had dinner out with my Mom and...
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Spring Trends - Neutrals and White on White
When I was working on the white ponte top, I knew that I was either going to make a pair of pants or a skirt to match the top.  There wasn't enough fabric to make pants so I went with the skirt. I...
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Additions to the Sewing Cave
I don't know about you but I'm always adding or changing things in my sewing cave. Most changes are minor these days. Â Pieces that add organization and make it easier to stuff more things into the...
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Spring Trends - Gingham in McCalls 6506
I started this dress three years ago when it was new to the pattern catalog and blogged about it here. Every spring since then I've pulled it out and looked at it and every time I've hung it back on...
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Remaking my TNT Dress Pattern - The Woven Version
After making a ponte version of my TNT dress pattern, I pulled a lightweight silk/wool twill border print from the collection for my next version. Â This is another one of those Fabric Mart purchases...
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My Life in Pictures 2
I wanted to share a few pics of my week...Met a few sewing friends ~Wanett, Sonja, Jenny and me in MoodWhy this child felt the need to lick me is beyond me?!Bought a few goodies from the garment...
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Remaking my TNT straight skirt pattern
Let's start with some pictures first ~This outfit is a direct rip off of some Talbot pieces. I've owned the blue & navy large gingham print fabric since last year and the cardigan is a recent...
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Vogue 8060 - Little Girls Dresses
As you know my daughter has four little people living with her now. Â She is a pretty thrifty shopper, scoring some amazing finds on eBay but still clothing four little people can get expensive. So I...
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#FBF - Fall Back Friday
This was originally supposed to be a #TBT - Throwback Thursday post but I really wanted to share Miss Sammy's dresses so that moved this post back. And I know y'all wanted to see those dresses way more...
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Miss Sammy wearing Vogue 8060
Do you know how hard it is to get a 15 month old baby girl to stand still and pose? Dayum near impossible! We ended up bribing her with a Twizzler and then I still only got a couple of usable pictures!...
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Sewing Sheros
I read this article online at Yahoo on Friday where The Mattel Company made Barbies of celebrities to honor them for National Shero Day, which just happens to be today.The article made me ponder on who...
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Do you alter your zippers?
I purchase zippers basically in two sizes - 22" and 9" in a multitude of colors and primarily invisible zippers. Although I do have some regular zippers left over from when I only used them.Now once...
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Closet Cull - Part One
The weather is changing here on the East Coast and it's getting warmer. I've been wearing some of my newer dresses along with some of the dresses I made last winter. So with the warmer weather...
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