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My Sewing Journey - Fall Edition
I'm finishing up the Butterick 5678 button down shirt and I was thinking about what I want to sew going into the fall season. Lots more of this shirt pattern for sure but most of my thoughts were...
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Butterick 5678 in Blue Chambray
Even though I've purchased a bunch of top patterns recently, I started making tops, specifically button down shirts using Butterick 5678.I'm starting this post with a photo of the unbuttoned shirt on...
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Butterick 6142 - The Pants
I need new pants. It's getting colder here on the East Coast and the pants I presently own are too big. I also want a skinnier leg pant than I've presently been wearing. The worse thing a "fat girl"...
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McCalls 7095 - A Tunic
I'm going to be honest...I've broken down and bought some ready-to-wear pieces over the last few weeks. As much as I'd like to have a totally me-made wardrobe, I'm starting all over again and I need...
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Butterick 5678 Topper
I've known from the moment I started working on the original B5678 tunic that I would be lengthening the pattern and making it a dress. It has that easy wear, cool look that I'm trying to achieve in...
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Throwback Thursday #4
I made this top back in 2006 and I don't think I ever blogged it. Well at least I can't find it on my blog! There are mentions of it but no finished top, probably due to the fact that my computer died...
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A Winner and Some Pretty Pictures
First the winner of the Vogue 8118 pattern is:Graca - please leave your email in the comments section so I can get your pattern out to you on Monday! (Sorry this posted prior to me inserting the winner...
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My views on Pattern Testing
I have been quiet about this situation that's been discussed quite a bit in the sewing blogosphere, primarily because I felt like my opinions are my own. However, I recently received an email from...
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Seconds
I liked both of these patterns enough to make them again.McCalls 7095 ~For this version I pulled a crepey green floral print from the collection and a coordinating green ponte. I made two changes to...
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Working out new ideas
The realization that I've come to in the last few weeks ~ something you all tried to tell me at the beginning of this new journey ~ was that I can wear whatever I feel like wearing that day. This is...
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The Appleton Dress by Cashmerette Patterns
While I wasn't a tester for the Appleton Dress ~ vacation and an emergency took care of that ~ Jenny was so sweet and sent me a copy of the dress and the fabric because I truly believe in her new...
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This, That, McCalls 6886 and a Winner
I didn't sew last weekend - the first in awhile. I don't know how much I'm going to sew this weekend even though I want to make my daughter more dresses cause I have ideas ~ loads of ideas! See I'm...
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Final Closet Cull
I have to admit that it's weird waking up and putting on more RTW than me-made every morning. I know that in time, I will get back to primarily me-made but it's definitely a shift. To add to that...
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I'm Not Having Enough Fun Yet
What do I mean by this? I'm gonna start at the beginning...see I'm still eating soft food and frozen yogurt is a favorite. My all time favorite frozen yogurt joint is Pinkberry. I loves me some...
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The Tamarack Jacket from Grainline Studio
When the email for the Tamarack Jacket from Grainline Studios popped up in my email, I perked up because it looked like the perfect pattern to use for the Kanthra Quilt I bought last winter.I caught...
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Transition...
I've thought of loads of ways to write this post and none of them seem to work because I end up sounding like a big whiny baby! As I was walking home the other night, I realized that transitions aren't...
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A Hi-Low Top - Vogue 9084 - Part One
This vacation seems to have been all about the Top! This is the third one I've made but the first one I'm blogging about. It's another pattern that I bought thinking it would look great over leggings...
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Vogue 9084 Finished
This was the third top that I made during the sewing vacay but it was the most involved sew. So let's start with a picture of the Vogue 9084 top finished ~For all the trials and tribulations to get...
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A Godet Top - Butterick 6248
I bought this pattern from Joann's when I was in Houston this summer. I knew that I wanted the version with the back godet because I love some of the pieces that Lori Goldstein does on QVC.It's...
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McCalls 7194 - An Asymmetrical Top
Shams made this top in August. I think I purchased the pattern shortly thereafter because her top was so inspiring. While hers is a study in how to make a wonderful summer top in a lightweight fabric,...
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