Category: Vintage patterns
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Last weekend’s accomplishments.
Read More: Last weekend’s accomplishments.Well there wasn’t much time for sewing, my sister came for a visit! I had my pants finished in advance so that we could laze…
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Ilona’s Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades!
Read More: Ilona’s Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades!I have certainly learned a lot cleaning up Ilona – my Singer 15-88. As you know from this post my Mom has given me…
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Finishing one, starting another…
Read More: Finishing one, starting another…Perhaps you remember this dress, from my Sister’s Sewing Projects, a vintage dress pattern from 1978, Simplicity 8510, which I first blogged about here. I decided…
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What do you get when you cross a …
Read More: What do you get when you cross a …needle with a tiger – A pinstripe! What do you get when you cross a bodice pattern block, a Sewaholic Hollyburn skirt and a vintage…
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It’s Done! Well almost…
Read More: It’s Done! Well almost…My sister will be happy, another garment has been (almost) finished in what I’m calling my Sister’s Sewing Projects. This one is a vintage pattern…
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Finished … is it a Success?
Read More: Finished … is it a Success?I thought I would show you what I have been up to this past week. I have finally finished my black cardigan, McCall’s M7055. A…
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The “Snake skin”.
Read More: The “Snake skin”.… or “What I did on my summer vacation (Part I)”. I managed to get in a bit of sewing while on vacation. I…
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Picasso’s flowers.
Read More: Picasso’s flowers.This is my second garment in my Sister’s Sewing Projects. A skirt we call Picasso’s flowers. When you plan on making three skirts and…
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The Clark Gable
Read More: The Clark GableHello! This is the first of my “Sister’s Sewing Projects”. In the past, I haven’t named the clothes I made, but each of the garments…
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Salvage operations…
Read More: Salvage operations…After sewing my Motor City Express jacket for possibly the whole of last month, I decided to tackle the small projects lying around next.…