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Shorts on the Line and in the Park

Kelley over at Casa Crafty made these awesome yellow Echino with stripe bias trim Movies in the Park Shorts for Shorts on the Line. It's a cool sew-along featuring a number of bloggers all sewing...

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So Many Japanese Pattern Books!

If you read a lot of sewing blogs you've probably figured out by now that the publisher of such delightful Japanese pattern books, like the one I used to make the shirt above, like to pass out...

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If you follow me on Twitter you saw my in-progress version of this skirt. I started and finished it all in less than four hours while at work in between customers. I followed Small Things' tutorial...

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The Refashioners - My Modified Scout Tee

Have you been keeping up with the Refashioners lately? If you're late in the game the Refashioners is a sewing challenge hosted by the lovely Portia. She generously spends money out of her own...

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Swim Along Progress

I usually don't post in progress posts 'cause I never really know what to say but these two projects are ones I'm excited about - both swim suits! Have you been following along with the SwimAlong?...

Jun 7, 2013 Like 7 people like this

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Ballet Dress Revised

Hey peeps, guess what? I finally recovered my files from my old laptop that died, oh, like 9 months ago. What does this mean? Well, for me it means I now have the original Adobe Illustrator...

Jun 2, 2013 Like 7 people like this

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Quilting and Teaching

I'm back! And just in time to get my new quilt back from the quilters. Thanks so much to my friend Susan (aka Miss Lulu) for guest posting while I was away on vacation. If you follow me on...

Jun 1, 2013 Like

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Whilst the Cat's away...

Teehee, Dixie is out of town in Boston and Susan and I have hacked her blog! Ooh, what fun can we have? Let's stretch the hacking metaphor just a little and hack a couple of her patterns. Mwahaha!...

May 27, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Ballet Dress Hack, sort of...

What do you do when you ought to be working on legit projects or things on a time deadline or stuff that needs to get done before your vacation next week? Naturally, you make a perfectly...

May 18, 2013 Like 4 people like this

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SwimAlong!

Man, I feel like I'm working on a gazillion different projects but because of that none of them ever seem to get finished... At some point I'm going to finish them all and flood this blog with...

May 15, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Adding Bra Strap Carriers to your dresses and tops

This is my new favorite method to making bra strap carriers. I've heard these called many things - carriers, holders, lingerie strap-straps, whatever. Basically they're belt loops for your bra...

May 9, 2013 Like

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Kwik Sew 30720 Baby Shirt v3

This is just a quick project that I finished. It seems like I've been in the midst of so many projects that hardly any are finished. It's nice to be able to whip something out really fast, ya know?...

May 5, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Me-Made Fixes

I feel like I haven't posted much on the blog lately but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy with sewing projects. Mostly it's been smaller things like fixing old me-mades. This maxi dress was...

Apr 29, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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An affordable guide for pattern grading...?

I mentioned that I bought this book on Twitter a few days ago (yeah, I'm back on Twitter, go follow me and I'll follow you back!). I don't exactly remember how I stumbled upon this little booklet,...

Apr 22, 2013 Like 11 people like this

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An Amy Butler Bag and Teaching

Some unexpected news for me - I got a job offer to teach a sewing class over at Remnants:fiber[culture], a quilting/fabric store not far away from my house. My first class will start on June 8th...

Apr 11, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Welcome back, Beignet!

This is just a quick post about a skirt I made over two years ago. After I lost some weight hardly any of my old skirts fit anymore. Finally I took the time to cut this Colette Beignet apart, shave...

Apr 6, 2013 Like 5 people like this

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A Hazel for Easter

This dress took me longer to complete than other more recent makes. It wasn't a difficult pattern but I was just taking my sweet time and practicing the "sew 15 minutes a day" idea. I was working...

Apr 3, 2013 Like 7 people like this

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Teaching Others to Sew

This last week was a first for me - I taught a friend how to sew! I've had other friends say to me they'd love to learn or ask if I could teach them but nothing ever came of it until now. My...

Mar 26, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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Are there trends in sewing?

Here's something I've been pondering lately - are there "trends" in online sewing? Often there will be a popular pattern that pops up on a bunch of different blogs all within a couple weeks of each...

Mar 22, 2013 Like 7 people like this

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Vogue 1247 version 2.0

The Goal: This shirt was rather unintentional. It began as another top, a way too big top that wasn't working for me in both fit and drape so rather than set the project aside to become a UFO like...

Mar 21, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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This is a public service announcement...

Hey readers - some quick things I wanted to let you know about: First off - if you've been emailing lately and I haven't gotten back to you, my apologies, this last week or so has been uber busy....

Mar 20, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Shopping bags - for the environment!!

Austin recently enacted a ban on all disposable plastic shopping bags at grocery and retail stores. Now, I know that in Europe and other progressively minded places elsewhere in the world this is...

Mar 16, 2013 Like 5 people like this

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The Unmentionable(s) Post

Ok, I cleaned up my sewing space for the most part. It's at least usable now but I think I'm overdue for a supply overhaul. And with that I was able to do a little sewing work! Thanks again to all...

Mar 14, 2013 Like 7 people like this

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Lost My Sewing Mojo??

Update: Wow, thanks everyone for the genuine and empathetic advice, seems we've all "been there." I've cleaned up most of my room and it's definitely helped already! Every once in awhile I have to...

Mar 8, 2013 Like 4 people like this

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Velvet Rose Ballet Dress

I feel like I've been neglecting you, poor blog. I've been working (somewhat) diligently on new patterns but pattern development takes so long for me that I lose steam without having a tangible...

Feb 27, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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A Time Saving Quilt, plus cat pictures!

I made a quilt recently - a real live pieced-into-squares quilt. I've finished (which is the key word here) two quilts before but this one is different - it's a "normal" quilt, meaning I used a...

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New free pattern from Madalynne!

I'm in the midst of some pattern designing myself lately and I always appreciate the effort of others to give this sewing community free access to patterns to experiment with and explore our...

Feb 11, 2013 Like 8 people like this

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Channeling my inner Elisalex

The Goal: I've been eager to sew this dress ever since I got the pattern in the mail (all the way from England!) and I also wanted to do some stash busting. I don't have a huge stash but I do have...

Feb 1, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Sewing with less stress...

(join in So I Sewed This' Focus on Enjoyment Re-sew-lution) I didn't do a big sewing resolutions post this year. I felt that my resolutions last year really helped guide me last year so much so...

Jan 25, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Shorts on the Line and in the Park

So Many Japanese Pattern Books!

Mustard Folded Mini Skirt

The Refashioners - My Modified Scout Tee

Swim Along Progress

Ballet Dress Revised

Quilting and Teaching

Whilst the Cat's away...

Ballet Dress Hack, sort of...

SwimAlong!

Adding Bra Strap Carriers to your dresses and tops

Kwik Sew 30720 Baby Shirt v3

Me-Made Fixes

An affordable guide for pattern grading...?

An Amy Butler Bag and Teaching

Welcome back, Beignet!

A Hazel for Easter

Teaching Others to Sew

Are there *trends* in sewing?

Vogue 1247 version 2.0

This is a public service announcement...

Shopping bags - for the environment!!

The Unmentionable(s) Post

Lost My Sewing Mojo??

Velvet Rose Ballet Dress

A Time Saving Quilt, plus cat pictures!

New free pattern from Madalynne!

Channeling my inner Elisalex

Sewing with less stress...

Self Drafted Cut-out dress

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