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Fancy Pants and Vest
Oooh--pants, vest--let the Britishisms fly! Do you think that will protect me from being googled by those with untoward interests in lingerie?No matter, I'm not modelling these on the internet. My tiny...
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Write Myself a Letter T-Shirt
Three goals for this project:Make a start on my resolution to add at least five new simple t-shirts to my fall wardrobe.Use fabric on hand.Convince myself that I do not need to purchase an embroidery...
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The Never-Ending Quest
That's the quest for a "perfect" t-shirt, naturally. Truly, I don't know if I get closer or farther from that objective the more I work at it.Though I do like the Ottobre Basic Design t-shirt shown in...
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Rosie the Riveter, by way of Colette Patterns
Not a new costume idea, but it combined three great advantages for me:1. (Most important) I've been longing to make overalls!2. World War II era3. Comfortable and swing danceableI sure did agonize over...
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The Tunic That Became A Dress
I try not to love them, but tunics are just so...easy. Comfortable. And they never expose the area around the midsection to cold drafts.Inspired by Vogue 8691, I adapted another princess-seamed Vogue...
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Burda 7287 + Semi-Crazy Hair Color
I was born a redhead and though I'm swiftly going gray, it doesn't take much to remind my hair of its previous inclinations. The past few years I've been striving for a natural-and-yet-not-too-drab...
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New Sewing Room for the New Year
Though it's been configured many different ways in the eight years we've lived in this house, my sewing room has always been located in the basement. Despite its flaws (prone to flooding, cold as ice),...
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Vogue 8837 Katherine Tilton Jodphur-Style Pants
I'm an enthusiastic follower of sewing blogs. I don't comment enough, but several years on, I still enjoy the day-to-day voyeuristic glimpses into what fellow sewers are creating and thinking.Over...
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Toxic Vest
I knew in my bones this project would be a bust before I even ordered the fabric, before I even selected a pattern, before I even finalized the style. And why proceed in the face of that nearly-certain...
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Vogue 8859: Am I Dreaming?
Love this pants pattern. Could it be the one I've been looking for? All my life?I'm not saying there's anything aesthetically too exciting about these pants. Mostly I appreciate them for what they are...
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Kwik Sew 3597 Small Tote Bag
Kwik Sew's pattern photo for 3597My first version of Kwik Sew's easy to sew tote bag pattern in the largest size has seen a fair amount of use, despite its floppy fabric. A lovely and super-generous...
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Sullivan's Craft Table: The Worst Table I Ever Loved
After moving my sewing room into a smaller space in our house (to allow my teenaged son to take over the larger, colder basement), I needed to find a new cutting surface. My previous cutting table was...
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Ottobre Woman Says This is "Everywoman's Favorite Cardigan"!
Clio's been exploring a sewing paradox on her blog: cake vs. frosting. In the sewing context, cake is the kind of clothing we need and wear most of the time: practical garments and basics. Frosting, on...
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Topstitching A Curved Facing
Yesterday I showed my third version of Ottobre Woman's Everywoman's Favorite Cardigan from their 5/2009 issue. Oh, you didn't see it?I've purchased two Ottobre Woman magazines (love them, but I don't...
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Ack! Bloomers!
Saw the cutest little knit pants the other day at one of Asheville's many fun boutiques, Hip Replacements on Lexington Avenue. When I was in the store, I was thinking, "I should copy those!", but of...
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Ottobre 5-2009 Knit Dress #9
I made this dress once before, but a photo of it hasn't survived. No worries--it was charcoal gray and thus not my best color. The fabric was an interesting and appealing woven boucle with a bit of...
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Helena Bonham-Carter, Style Svengali
Do you know dear Prttynpnk? When she comments on my blog, first I laugh, and then I think. About my recent bloomers, she said "OOH! How is it that Helena Bonham Carter hasn't wrestled you to the...
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Ivey Abitz-Inspired Cardigan
The new-to-me work of Ibey Abitz is chock-full of inspiration. Her Eliot Jacket particularly appeals to me with its vague Victorian/steampunk visual references, asymmetry and flexible practicality.I'd...
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Cozy T-Shirt Dress for a Dark Day
Sometimes you just want to go ahead and photograph a thing, bad lighting or no. I mean, you are wearing it, you are thinking about it and you just need to get the job done.So despite it's being a...
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Simplicity 3775 Wrap Dress--in Vintage Polyester Polka Dots
Today is my birthday and I'm too self-indulgent to write much, but I've been wanting to show this dress on the blog. Even though it is breezy and chilly, I couldn't pass up the chance to take a sunny...
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