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Simplicity 1887: Slouchy Silk Trousers
The jury is still out: will I actually wear "silky track pants"? Not sure, but I do like them!I pretty much rely on the website You Look Fab for information on what is current in fashion. I don't say I...
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15 Years Ago Today
15 years ago today, I married my wonderful Eric, in a dress I made myself, on the lawn outside my mother's house.I was so happy that day. And I am so happy now, for all that the day followed and led to.
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New Look 6143 Dress
Somehow I've never managed to make a successful version of this basic dress shape: darted bodice, sleeveless, full skirt. It's not totally been for lack of trying, but summoning the will to follow the...
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Better With Bernina? I Got A 1090S
Friends, I am fickle.Fickle, fickle, fickle.My constant is a love of sewing machines and a deep curiosity about their different forms. But my sewing partners--well, I love them all for different...
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Lacy Butterick 5925 Tunic
From the black hole which has been my summer emerges a lacy white tunic top! As bloggers say, I've been sewing but not photographing and consequently not blogging. I plan to wear this top to my...
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Kwik Sew 2935 Birthday Shirts
My sweet stepfather turned 75 a few days ago, and I decided to repeat a popular past gift: a short sleeved camp shirt. How lovely that he wore his first Virginia-made shirt (from 2010, according to my...
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McCall's 6891 Shirt Dress in Silk Noil
Sewing by the numbers, checking off my "needs, wants and requirements" list:Solid colorPocketsCollarStash fabricAppropriate for summer to fall transitional wearMaking up a new-to-me pattern is always...
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Tosca Dress from The Sewing Workshop
You will not be seeing this just-completed project on me for two reasons: first, because I made it for a friend and second, because it just wouldn't be fair to those nice folks at The Sewing Workshop....
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Here's Proof!
...of how cute the Tosca dress looks on my pixie-like friend Amie!I also want to draw your attention to two very insightful comments on yesterday's post, in which I talked about how not-cute the dress...
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Liesl + Co. Cappuccino Dress Returns to Its Roots
So, I understand that Simplicity 2245, the Lisette Portfolio dress designed by Liesl Gibson, is kind of a thing. After the pattern had been taken out of print, it caught fire on Pinterest and copies...
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For the Record: Simplicity 2148
I b'lieve this pattern must be out of print now, and I'm not sure it ever took the world by storm, but I always liked the peplum/pointy front view (now I also like the other view, minus the slouchy...
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Mod Top and Skirt in Cotton Interlock
Finally an opportunity to wear this little set, which has been complete for a few weeks now. Unprecedented: sewing in advance of the upcoming season!Although I think it feels heavenly to wear, I've...
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McCall's 6435 Sweetheart Knit Top
I may or may not have been procrastinating yesterday when I decided I "needed" a new top for the regular Tuesday evening dance.Somehow, using scraps from other projects and a heretofore-unused pattern...
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Artsy Fartsy Tunic, Butterick 5925
Don't let my reasonably pleasant facial expression fool you. I quite hate this garment.I don't blame Katherine Tilton for the design, or the folks at Butterick for the drafting; I just don't like this...
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Butterick 5954: Another Tunic (and New Look 6228 Skirt)
But before the tunic talk, I'm excited to say that my mom is fine! Her biopsy results came back today and there is no cancer. She was fuzzy on the exact name of the diagnosis, but it has something to...
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Halloween 2014: Swing Dance Wonder Woman!
When I was a kid, Halloween was a low-hoopla affair all the way around. The culture was less focused on the "holiday", and that was compounded for me by living in a rural area (with no hope of...
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Wonder Woman Boots With Jalie 2448
Of course I wanted Wonder Woman boots to go with my Wonder Woman costume, but footwear is generally the hardest part of an outfit for me and this costume was no exception.Pretty fabulous Wonder Woman...
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Knit Tunics: I'm Collecting 'Em
And here's a quick one! Another Butterick 5954, this time the un-crossed-over version. Basically a long roomy t-shirt. I need, like, about 70 of these.Side view, showing how the hem is longer in...
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Wonder Woman Revealed!
This shot somehow makes me look a lot taller and thinner than I actually am. Any ideas how to get this effect without a camera?!I think the Wonder Woman costume was a success. I did enjoy the...
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Burda 7734 Hooded Sweatshirt in Fleece
My son has never been a great one for posing for photos, but I think he's getting less cooperative as the birthdays go by. Here he is in his mom-made 15th birthday present, a fleece hoodie.There might...
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New Look 6298: My New Bestie
You know how I (and lots of other bloggers) am always like, this dress is nice, but if I had done this, or if the fabric were that, or next time I will change this? Yeah, I'm not going to say any of...
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A Ruffly Hello
Golly, it's been a while.One thing: Lindy Focus, the week-long camp that brings over 1,000 people to Asheville to celebrate vintage jazz music and dance. A very exciting and action-packed week builds...
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Jalie 2563 Sport Bras, Meet Hot Yoga
Classic marketing research from the 1960s concluded that a prospect needs to hear about a product or service three times before making a purchase. Later research expanded that number to five times, and...
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Vogue 8876 Mixed Media/Mixed Emotions
Marcy Tilton's Vogue 8876, nominally a dress pattern, has been on my list to make for a good while. This jacket version was very much inspired by The Dashing Eccentric's version and by Marcy Tilton's...
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Vogue 8876 Renovation + Wardrobe Contest
First things first: inspired by your comments and good ideas, I made some changes to my Vogue 8876 sweater jacket from my last post. While I feel better in the 2.0 version, I'm not sure the resulting...
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