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The Making of the Granddaughter Ball Gowns
I've been so involved in making the dresses for the granddaughters that the dresses' construction has consumed the last 10 days of my life! First fitting of the dressesThere will be separate posts for...
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My Evening Dress - Another Deer & Doe Myosotis
My dress has a backstory. I found out about the Cotillon months ago and decided I was going to make me a billowy ballgown. I didn't want a tight and sexy dress. I wanted a more classical comfortable...
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McCalls 7858 - Samantha's Version
Originally I was going to put all this information in one blog post! Then the long post started to get really long. I realized it was too much to read. If I wouldn't read something with that much...
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McCalls 7858 - Aleena's Version
I made Aleena's dress after Samantha's. I thought since I'd already made one I would better understood how the sewing order should go. However, since I was using an embroidered mesh with a scalloped...
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A Palate Cleanser
I made this dress in 2016 when I'd just changed jobs and lost 35lbs. I was really into maxi dresses because I couldn't wear them at my previous job. I was also still trying to get used to the fact that...
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Cashmerette's Holyoke Skirt
Y'all when Jenny sent the email out to test this garment I jumped on it! For two reasons - one I want a great new sundress and two I've been longing for a longer length button front skirt.Pattern...
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A Pair of Border Print Wide Legged Pants
I've been seeing wide legged border print pants on line at some of the RTW sites I visit...and I lodged the look in the back of my mind. When I received this rayon border print from StyleMaker Fabrics,...
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Sew Camp Summer 2019
I know y'all must be tired of reading about my Sew Camp adventures BUT y'all these are some of the best sewing weekends. Not only do I get to go to Fabric Mart's brick n mortar store, I get to spend...
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A Spring Brocade Dover Jacket
I honestly thought I wouldn't be making another Dover Jacket until summer when I would be trying a Dover Dress. However, this fabric I purchased from Metro Textiles had different ideas! I also thought...
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Just like that six months have passed...
It's the last day of June and so the first six months of 2019 is officially in the books. I didn't do a recap of May's sewing because it primarily consisted of The Event Sewing. Since I was neck deep...
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A Dover Maxidress
I've been stating since my fourth make of the Dover Jacket that I really wanted a maxi dress from this pattern. I bought this embroidered gingham border print from Chic Fabrics last November.One day at...
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A Thirty Year Old Holyoke
After seeing some of the other versions of this skirt, I really wanted one of those soft swingy ones. So I pulled out a challis and cut out another Holyoke skirt...however, this post isn't about that...
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Vogue 9371 in a Border Print
This fabric purchased in October 2018 plus a newly issued Vogue Pattern made this dress ~The Vogue 9371 pattern is in the Summer 2019 release from Vogue Patterns. I loved the idea of the shirtdress...
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Border Prints - Why I Love Them
I've written about my love of border prints and how to sew them before. You can read those posts here and here. This post is about how they've made an impactful appearance in my wardrobe lately.My...
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Do You Sharpen Your Scissors
My "Question of the Day" is 'Do you sharpen your scissors?'The reason I ask is because I was on Amazon looking at Kai Scissors. Scissors that I'd looked at on Wawak before scoping out the cheapest...
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A Marimekko Vogue 9371
I've made the decision to only sew from my fabric collection this summer ~ no fabric purchases until September 15th. I'm participating in #projectfabricfast on Instagram. So I've been challenging...
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Challenge - A Border Print Katie
One of the things that was different about Carriage Corner Sew Camp this time, was that we all received three yards of fabric from Fabric Mart for a sewing challenge. Prior to Camp, Gaylen presented...
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Some Thoughts and Some Totals
July was full of challenges. I got really sick the 4th of July weekend and lost 5 days of sewing. I got myself together along with gaining my sewjo back and started working through my summer sewing...
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Simplicity 8871 - Maximized
In my continuing quest to add more maxi dresses to my summer wardrobe, I made up a version of Simplicity 8871.This is a simple v-neck or u-neckline shift dress with side darts and with or without short...
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Sometimes I cry...
Some days the hurt just makes me want to lay down, close my eyes and stop breathing...Some days the hurt seems too much to bear...and no member of my family has been shot, killed and/or maimed. None of...
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