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My Blog Appearance & A Winner
I woke up on Monday and my blog background and text were all effed up. Best I can figure is that blogger discontinued the blog template that I've used for the last couple of years. But just to make...
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Sewing and Technology in 2016
Back in January 2009, I wrote a blog post about technology and sewing. It was a discussion about how technology is changing the way we as sewists communicate with each other. Now seven years later...
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A Rachel Coat - Part 1 - The Inspiration
I had bronchitis a couple of weeks ago so I spent some quality time in bed watching movies, all the tv shows and movies I'd DVR'd, and surfing the web on my iPad. This site, StyleWe, kept popping up as...
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The Evolution of a Pattern
I was thinking about my journey with Vogue 1247 ~ how the skirt became a dress and then a topper...and I thought all of the info should be in one post...so that's what follows. BTW, if you don't want...
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Sunday Miscellany
It's Sunday and while I've been thinking of sewing I haven't been doing much and still haven't taken pictures of the Carolyn Top so instead I'm sharing a few thoughts...Today is the last day of January...
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Vote!
Gotcha! Y'all thought I was talking about the political circus that's happening in the US right now didntcha?! Nope not going there...not yet anyway! *LOL*Nope, I'm referring to the fact that I want...
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Fabric Everywhere...
I'm cutting out another topper in a tweedy fabric pulled from the collection...but I am a little blaise about sewing today. When cleaning off the sewing table, I found the new crochet pattern books I...
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A Tweedy Topper
I loved my last topper so much that I immediately made plans to make another one. I really wanted a tweedy version so after rumbling through the fabric stash, I settled on this fabric. Settled because...
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How do you decide what to sew?
That has been my challenge lately...While I'm readjusting my creative mind/eye to see the beauty & challenge in sewing casual clothing, I'm unsure at times about what to sew when. Does this happen...
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Fabric Shopping In Seattle
I flew into Seattle on a Thursday evening flight. As an aside, that's the only way I'm ever flying to Seattle again...you don't lose the day and when you arrive everyone wants to go to bed - not just...
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SewExpo 2016 ~ Saturday
Now that I'm home and I'm thinking back on my weekend, I flew cross country to fabric shop! That's it in a nutshell...Yes, I got to meet other wonderful sewists. Yes, I got to spend time with my West...
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Sew Expo 2016 ~ Sunday
Sunday started slowly for me because Gaylen let me sleep in late! And I was so thankful...I flew out to Seattle battling a sinus infection with a plastic baggie full of meds and lounging around Sunday...
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Pivot and Turn
One of the things I realized during my trip out west is that I can sew dresses again, just very casually. I need to turn from the look I use to wear - dresses that were structured and made with...
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LGD - Four Vogue 8060 Dresses
I kinda lost my mind making little girl dresses again this year. I started with three separate patterns ~ Vogue 8060 which is out-of-print, Butterick 6314, Butterick 5876 and ended up with five dresses...
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I'm Honored...
I love to sew and I love to blog about it. Sewing is everything to me and when I'm recognized by my peers for sharing that love with others...I'm Honored.This lovely statuette showed up in the mail...
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The Fashion Show...
...or I'd rather call it a dream deferred. *sigh* Yes, I was a little disappointed with the outcome of the fashion show. Not because the fashion show was bad ~ actually it was a lot of fun with some...
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LGDresses - Butterick 6314
I made two of the dresses that I like the most from this pattern.I will admit that the pattern cover influenced my version for Miss Lena but I went with a solid color for the top of the dress. I also...
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My Fabric Collection is part of my Retirement Fund
The internet and the sewing community is an interesting place because it's a very diverse collection of sewists. Sewists from various countries with the ability to access resources differently....
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StyleMaker Fabrics Spring Canvas Blog Tour
Michelle sent me a note late last month asking if I would participate in her Spring Canvas Blog Tour. Her request was simple, take a piece of fabric from her online store's new spring line and create a...
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A New Topper - The Next Stop on the Stylemaker Fabrics Tour
I'm in love with toppers! I love sewing and wearing them. They allow me to feel "like me" in a casual business setting. So when Michelle from Stylemaker Fabrics approached me about participating in...
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