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diaryofasewingfanatic
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You think you know but you have no idea. This is the diary of a sewing fanatic. I think sewing 23 out of the 24 hours in a day! Join me on my sewing odyssey!
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What do you think?

I know Pinterest is the newest addiction in the internet world but I like going to the source, so Im still addicted to Net-A-Porter and Style.com.  I love seeing the close up of the garments, th...

12 h ago

A Long Weekend

This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend in the United States and besides the very important meaning of Memorial Day (where we celebrate the present and past members of the US Armed Forces who gallantly ...

25 may 12

A Mood Experience

If Mood Fabrics website has stymied you from purchasing some of the awesomely beautiful fabric that they stock, dont worry, they are rebuilding it.  And how do I know, you may ask?  Because...

23 may 12

My Tried n True Dress ala Chanel

Okay Ive gone off the ranch on this one...and Im not sure if its a good thing or not yet! *sigh*  Here is the inspiration picture...June 2012 InStyle MagazineI found this picture in this months ...

21 may 12

Does this happen to you?

So Im working on the dress for the 10 yard adventure wardrobe, watching the Glee marathon on Oxygen, and I had this thought...okay I was also surfing RTW sites on the internet...*LOL*  But serio...

20 may 12

Calendaring Sewing

Two years ago I counted the number of weeks there were between May and September (there were 17 that year) and decided to use that as my guide for my spring/summer sewing.  I remember feeling ve...

16 may 12

The 10 Yard Adventure Wardrobe - Pt. 1

My latest sewing adventure started with a purchase of 10 yards of ivory polyester crepe from Fabric Mart.  Ive got wardrobe basics for summer in black, gray, brown and navy so this season I want...

14 may 12

The Anatomy of a Dress Final

Its taken a minute to get pictures of me wearing the dress but finally here they are:To recap...Pattern:TNT PatternMaterials:plaid silk/linen blend from the collectionNotions:22" invisible zipper...

13 may 12

So you want to know more...

Questions, questions and more questions...I know you must leave them and wonder if I ever read them?  Well I do...it just takes me a minute to get them answered.  So this post will answer q...

11 may 12

The Big Show...

My main reason for going to Chicago was the Haute Couture Fashion Show presented by the Haute Couture Club of Chicago.  I was invited to go last year but prior engagements made it difficult for ...

10 may 12

Another one off the list...

Saturday, I finally got the chance to visit Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, IL.  Long has visiting Vogue Fabrics been on my Fabric Store Tour list...and even though Ive been to Chicago several times ...

08 may 12

The Sleeve Details

Im a huge fan of piping and was heavily influenced by those ads Cynthia Guffey did for the sewing machine companies back in the 80s.  Not only were the dresses impeccably sewn with matching pipi...

03 may 12

The Anatomy of a New Dress - The Details

The dress is finished.  I sewed the last stitch in last night.  Now dont go scrolling down to see pics of me in the dress because there arent any.  I plan on taking this dress with me ...

30 apr 12

The Ten Yard Adventure

I know Im not alone in having fabric speak to me.  Fabric speaks loud, often, insistently and its quite clear about what it wants to be.  No matter if Im touching it in real life or if Im v...

29 apr 12

Saturday Morning Musings

Walking away from a project is always a good thing because when you walk back, the project looks so much more appealing.  Somehow the new dress has managed to lose those things that were annoyin...

28 apr 12

Do you sew all of your clothes now?

I will admit that Im stealing the title from a comment on Shams post, New Spring Vogues, Hurry, Hurry for Sale!  Robin, who authors the blog, A Little Sewing, said that shes ended up making...

26 apr 12

The Anatomy of a New Dress

I was struggling this weekend.  I knew I wanted to sew but I had no idea what I wanted to make.  Ive had an idea for a dress, and it will probably make an appearance in the future, that was...

23 apr 12

The Anatomy of a New Dress - Pt. 2

The first part of bringing this dress to reality is the pattern alterations.  Of course, I began with my TNT dress pattern because it has all of the basic elements of the ASOS dress that Im inte...

23 apr 12

The Anatomy of a New Dress - Pt. 3

"Or the Construction of the Band..."In the middle of making this dress, I just got the feeling that Ive made this dress before.  And in all actuality I have, if you consider this:The Cha...

23 apr 12

Sewing Flotsam & Jetsam

Things that have been on my mind...1.  I think one of the reasons that I love designer gear so much is figuring out how to make it work for me.  Not just the making the silhouette work but ...

22 apr 12

A "Moods" Lunch

Today I met my girl, Elizabeth, for a quick lunch date at Mood. Once there we met up with Meg, who has a new gig working at Mood...can you say envious!  Yeah that would be me, having a job where...

20 apr 12

Im a Talbots Woman

20 apr 12

Inspiration...

Even though I havent been sewing, Ive been making plans and Ive been inspired by quite a few online pictures...so here is some of my inspiration...expect to see it appear in one form or another in my...

13 apr 12

A Tuesday in April

...or another day in real life...Today wasnt a day that I was sitting behind my desk or at a conference room table.  Today was an active day, moving things around, arranging a conference room fo...

11 apr 12

Im Sew Frustrated...

Over the last couple of days, Ive written several pretty awesome (if I must say so myself) opening paragraphs for a blog post.  None of them made it out of the draft stage.  Why do you ask?...

10 apr 12

12 on a Desert Island Revisited

Exactly four years ago today I wrote a post called 12 on a Desert Island...which was about the 12 (and in my case 10) patterns I would take with me if I had no access to stores or internet sources to...

06 apr 12

The Rachel Dress Deux IRL

I decided that for this version of the dress I would show it to you "In Real Life."  I mean I style these dresses at home with jewelry and shoes and then only take half of that styling t...

03 apr 12

A Quick Peek

The dress is finally finished...and since Im still not thrilled about taking pictures of me on the timer...I know, I know, please dont tell me how easy it is...I guess Ill get there someday...but unt...

02 apr 12

And the new owners are...

Wow, what a great response to the fabric giveaway...so without further ado the new owners are:1.  The new owner of the border print fabric with a 1 in 29 chance is:  Judy Brannon2.  Th...

01 apr 12

A Sewing Machine Question...

Marjie asked this question:"I need a new machine, and the lady I work with here is highly recommending Janome. Have you any words of wisdom for me?"Marjie, I hope you dont mind that I turned ...

28 mar 12

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