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Onward and Upward
Well I've been at my job for four weeks now and I'm starting to feel settled in. I've developed a few routines and figured out what I'm comfortable wearing. I'm still a little more dressed than some of...
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Finally a maxidress...
For the last couple of years my solution to a cool summer knit dress was Vogue 1250. Well lose a few pounds and all of those amazing dresses have been added to the donation pile...and what is a woman...
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One, Two, Three, Four Maxi Dresses in a Row...
I want to start the conversation about these dresses talking about my body, my perceptions of my body and how I choose to dress it.See the thing about sewing for yourself and then posting your pictures...
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It's Simply a Skirt
I'm a sewing snob. I'm just going to admit it. In my own sewing I like a variety of techniques, I like garments lined with intricate pieces as part of the garment. Trying to interpret that for my new...
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Random Thoughts when I should be sewing...
I've been blogging for ten years and boy has it changed in that time. I have to admit that I miss the conversations that we sewing bloggers use to have...the ideas exchanged...the knowledge exchanged...
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The New Vogue Patterns for Fall 2015
Honestly I'm as excited as the next sewist when a new pattern offering appears from BMV - but especially for the new Vogue Patterns. I long ago stopped doing reviews of the new pattern selections....
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Blog Rolls
I know a lot of readers follow their favorite blogs on Bloglovin and Feedly reading them on their smartphones. But me, I'm old school. Even though I have a Bloglovin account and even an app on my...
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An Emergency and Some Fabric
So this is a long involved story...you may want to settle in with your favorite beverage. I will wait a minute for you to go get one if you don't have one already. Snacks...do you need some cause...
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Mo' Maxis, Mo' Maxis!
I think I'm getting ready to bore the h*ll out of y'all cause I've got maxi dress fever! I wore 3 out of the 4 maxi dresses to work a couple of weeks ago and decided that I need more of these McCall...
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Ain't No Sewing Over Here...
It's summer and there seems like there is just so much to do and see. I want to sew but the time and motivation just isn't there. I've even resorted to purchasing some RTW to help tide me over with new...
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The Lace Back Addition to the Maxi dress
As you are aware, I found the image for my brown/black laced back maxi on The Avenue. I wanted to copy the details onto one of my McCalls 6559 vacation maxis.Here's how I did it ~1. I cut a piece of...
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Summer's Not Done Yet
Even though I've made some plans, bought some patterns and trims for my fall sewing plans, there's still a lot of summer left here on the East Coast. It's going to be in the '90s all next week and I'm...
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A Day at The Met - China Through the Looking Glass
The one thing I love about working in and living close to New York City is that it's easy to get to the museums...and I love museums! I'd meant to see this exhibit at the end of July/beginning of...
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Musings at the end of a good sewing weekend...
I finally spent a good weekend sewing. I didn't sew what I'd originally planned to sew but I made three pieces anyway. Actually I finished two pieces that were hanging around the sewing cave and made...
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A High-Lo Dress from Simplicity 1621
Well I'm at the tail end of another trend. However, I've seen so much of this look on the streets this summer, that I wanted at least one of my own. Since I had three days of uninterrupted time to sew,...
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A Vogue 9048 & TNT Pattern Mashup
I started this top prior to leaving on vacation but after making so many maxidresses so quickly I was sewed out. I left it to finish up when I returned from vacation. Well we all know that I had a...
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Blue is my Favorite Color
I need clothes and I need to sew. I've bought a few RTW pieces but with all the fabric I own and the ability to make my own, it makes me loath to spend a lot of money on RTW. So if TNT bothers you,...
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A New Dress and an Event!
A couple of weeks ago Kashi asked me to invite a few friends over for an evening shopping event at Metro Textiles. We decided to add a little wine and cheese and since I didn't want anyone to be...
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Fabric Finds #3
One of the comments that I received at #wineandcheesewithKashi was that I will make something from a particular fabric and either the fabric has sold out or they couldn't see the potential in the...
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The Anatomy of a Sleeve - Butterick 5678
One of the challenges for me as a plus size sewist is sleeves. I have very large biceps and upper arms. So choosing a blouse pattern is not just based upon bust, abdomen and hip measurements but also...
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