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Vogue 8935 in Motion!
As a refresher, I started this journey with Vogue 8935, because this top will work with jeans or leggings.Again I know this pattern wasn't well received when it first appeared in the pattern books and...
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Throwback Thursday #5
I made this top in December 2008. I'd just started working in the very corporate job and had to work Christmas week, though no one dressed up that week. I was low on casual gear so I made this sweater...
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Simplicity 8059 and some wool jersey
This is another one of those Simplicity patterns that was issued in spring/summer but I knew when I saw it that I wanted it for fall/winter.So even though it has a cool summer vibe, I knew it would...
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I think I left some for you!
My fabric buying has been off the chain! I don't know if it's because I didn't buy a lot earlier in the year or if the sales have been especially great this fall, but quite a few boxes of goodness...
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It's Christmas in the Sewing Cave
So until the day after Christmas, I'm primarily sewing Christmas gifts and buying fabric. Because even though I say I'm not buying another piece until 2017, somehow I manage to find one more piece I...
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Top 5 Hits of 2016
I've meant to write this post for a couple of weeks now, ever since Gillian, of Crafting A Rainbow blog, posted about it, but I've been dragging my feet. Some of it is because I've been super busy...
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Simplicity Early Spring Collection 2017
I don't own a lot of Simplicity patterns. There are several reasons for that but the two main reasons are ~ their online pattern sales aren't as good as Club BMV's and I don't visit Joanns often. Even...
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The First Few Days of my Christmas Vacation
I'm blessed that my company is closed during the week between Christmas and New Year's ~ this meant a 10 day break this year. Of course, I spent time with my family on Christmas Eve and Christmas...
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The First Day of Twenty Seventeen
I'm sitting in the Sewing Cave today after 9 days on vacation and I haven't sewn a thing...notonething! I bought some fabric and I'm putting it away but that is the closest I've gotten to sewing.I...
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Eleven Years
I've been blogging pretty consistently at this spot for Eleven Years. * I've written 1,883 blog posts. * I've moved three times and changed jobs just as many times.*My daughters have grown from...
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Why didn't Simplicity Patterns just apologize?
Imma tell you right now that if you only come here for sewing flip out now. I'm getting ready to talk about something that is not all "happiness and sunshine" and recently happened in the sewing...
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A Pledge Broken...
...so I'm gonna dust myself off, confess my stumble, and move on making today the first day of my new pledge.Here is my confession ~I broke my fabric pledge. I had sewing friends scheduled to come to...
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The End of an Era...
Earlier this month I celebrated my 11th anniversary of blogging, during that time Barack Obama has been President of the United States for the last eight years. Today a new administration enters the...
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NEXT...Sunday Miscellany
First, you may have noticed this year that I didn't do a tribute post for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. I don't even know the last time I didn't write one and am to lazy to look it up. There was...
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Spring Fling Sewing Retreat at Carriage Corners
At the end of my Christmas Vacay post, I mentioned that Gaylen will be sponsoring a Sewing Retreat at Carriage Corners the weekend of March 24-26, 2017. Also that I would be there to work with you on...
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This is one of my versions of Simplicity 8059. I wore it to work on Friday because I knew I was meeting Tasha, who authors the blog, The Tell Tale Tasha for dinner.These pictures were taken by my...
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It's All in the Details
Honestly, I may never get the other three cardigans photographed. I guess I'm not that good at faking it until I can make it. Thanks Sallie for that reminder! Cause I'm doing good just getting myself...
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Cashmerette Turner Tunic
I really like this pattern cause y'all know I love a dress but dresses only figure predominantly in my wardrobe from late May to September. Somehow a dress in the spring/summer works in my very casual...
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Butterick 6389 - A Vest
I love these loose floaty vests and when I saw Butterick 6389, I knew I needed to add a version of this to my wardrobe.I bought several of these boiled wools from Fabric Mart years ago. At the time I...
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Simplicity 8059 - A Blue Velvet Vest
When I was making the cardigans, the blue velvet was my favorite. I loved the look of it, the fabric and the ties, but the sleeves were just too tight. I tried to take some of the seam allowance out of...
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