Category: DESIGNIN’ DENIM
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Designin’ December 2022 MORE Prize Sponsors!
Hey there! Have you got your Designin’ December 2022 plans made yet? We all know I have my embroidered jeans all sorted out with this Helen’s Closet Arden pants pattern… still haven’t cut into my denim though! 🙂 I have also chosen my top fabric, a mysterious satiny fabric from my stash. Don’t know where…
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Designin’ December 2022 Prize Sponsors!
How is your Designin’ December planning going? I’ve got my jeans pattern and fabric worked out. I think! I am inspired by this Etro embroidered skinny jean design. I can use my Helen’s Closet Arden pants pattern and my light-weight light blue denim to make them. These items were in my stash so I was…
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It’s time to think about the Designin’ December Sewing Challenge!
Are you ready? Are you looking for Inspiration? I might have some here for you! I think I have found mine! Now that I’m retired I’m searching for VERY VERY casual clothes for most of my sewing projects. While searching I did find these lovelies! These designs from JOHNNY WAS all had beautiful embroidery work…
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Upcycling Old Jeans into a warm Jacket!
Perhaps you remember the Designin’ December Sewing Challenge? Find a designer original you like and recreate it for yourself. I always say: Why buy when you can make it yourself – better and for less money? Last December, we had a lot of lovely entries and generous sponsors too. You can read all about it…
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Looking for Inspiration? Designin’ December 2021!
This is the 6th year of the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER Sewing Challenge! Are you looking for Inspiration? I have been. This has been a really weird 18 months. My wardrobe has consisted of VERY VERY casual clothes, with not much drive to sew anything else! But I have decided to check out the designers, specifically for…
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I Finally Finished My Jeans After Two Years!
This time it was my jeans!!! They were cut out of a black denim in 2019. I can’t remember what type of denim it was or where I purchased it. Sorry! That was so long ago! I do know that I used Vogue 8774, which I have used many times successfully. I made them from…
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2021 Sewing Plans: Tackling UFOs and Stash Busting
I guarantee you that there is always a lot of wonderful planning on my part the beginning of every year! This year I plan on finishing this #makenine. Of course, I have said this before, more specifically January of 2019 here! when I posted THE EXACT SAME #makenine PHOTO. This is how much I accomplished in…
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Make your Black Friday a GREEN FRIDAY!
I’ve noticed some businesses and retailers advocating for a greener lifestyle, not all of them, and perhaps not even enough, but many are interested in passing on a greener earth to the next generation. It is also up to us as individuals to bring about this change. For a start, this Black Friday why not…