Category: Sewing
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Amber is put to work …
Perhaps you remember my Singer 421G, a convertible free arm sewing machine made in Germany in 1954. “Amber” for short! Since purchasing Amber, she has received a good cleaning and oiling, and I took apart her tension assembly and put her back together again. She runs smoothly now with a nice stitch. I love the sound she…
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Like a kid in a candy shop …
I’ve been participating in #miymarch17 on IG and the prompt for today was “COMMUNITY”. The sewing community is definitely a wonderful place to share knowledge, projects and friendship. Today’s prompt reminded me that I haven’t had the chance to share this with you yet – my visit to the creativfestival, certainly another way to meet…
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Finishing that friggin’ UFO … (Part 2)
I apologize for not posting sooner. I did continue working on my Sister’s shirt/jacket during the last week, the final chapter of my Sister’s Sewing Projects, although I am sure she will eventually think of something else for me to do! I am using Simplicity 5455, a pattern from 2003. I started it here using two wonderful fabrics,…
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Taking care of a UFO… (Part 1)
I thought, now that I have my pants muslin sorted out, that I better finish off my one and only UFO (Un Finished Object) before it was full steam ahead with my pants. A while back I made a skirt for my sister, another garment in my “Sister’s Sewing Projects“.
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Giving it another go …
I started the year with the #2017makenine Challenge – pick nine patterns and get ‘er done during the year! So far, I am not too sure if I have been successful though. I started with the dress pattern in the bottom left hand corner. It was Vogue 9202, but it turned into a top, McCalls…
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Woah! Hey guys n’ gals …
Look at me! I’m over there! Specifically … I’m over at High Latitude Style today with Nicole and a few fellow sewists! Check out our contributions here, at High Latitude Style and get some great advice on designing your own clothes. My contributions were my black Sewaholic Hollyburn and my Butterick top (B5645). Excuse me now, while I dash over to…
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I have nothing to wear …
I have a closet full of handmade garments and I’ve lost my inspiration to get dressed in the morning … I have nothing to wear … So the other day, I started wandering through my fabric stash and patterns and my Craftsy courses to be inspired, and I remembered I had purchased this one a…
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Again … I say better late than never!
I managed to get my FIRST Jungle January – #junglejanuary5 – finished prior to the deadline, but my second animal print just wanted to fight with me. It is a lovely fabric – a cream, black and brown 100% Rayon Challis. Just beautiful to the touch. But as I was discussing it with Curls n Skirls I realized that…