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Sewing Room Makeover: Tips and Ideas for Organizing
I’ve definitely gotten used to my new sewing space. For years, my sewing machine sat on a wheeled cabinet in a corner of the family room in front of the patio window amongst the cat posts. It was a nice view and I loved the convenience of the wheeled cabinet. Although I did, quite often,…
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Just a little clean up work … ignore me 🙂
“Follow me on Bloglovin’ here.” Sorry … just checking out RSS feeds and this one, Bloglovin’ seems to be defunct? Does anyone have any other suggestions for RSS feeds? Or do you even use RSS feeds and instead stick to other social media platforms? Comments more than welcome! 🙂 Thank you!
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Sewing the Adah Kaftan Top: I chose RED!
Continuing with my #makenine2019 Sewing Challenge, I changed my mind about the shirt pattern and blue print fabric that I was planning on using. Instead, I decided to try out IVIYE’s Adah Kaftan Top sewing pattern. Here’s the link if you’d like more details about the pattern, here. I decided to go with the red…
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Sewing Project: Altering Blackout Curtains
It was interesting to have something new come my way! I was asked to alter a LARGE blackout curtain panel to fit a large window the full length and width of a front door. Luckily the one panel blackout curtain was larger than the front door window, so all it took was a bit of…
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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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Choosing the Right Knit Fabrics for Yoga Pants?
Yes! I am doing quite well this year, so far! Part of my #makenine2019 challenge was some casual yoga-type pants. This seemed to become more urgent on the list, as I wore out most of my yoga pants during 2020 – the year of “Casual Wear”. As usual, I didn’t use the pattern I first…
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Creative Tips for Sewing T-Shirts with Knit Fabric
I have been watching the talented sewists over on Instagram take part in the #magamsewalong organized by @suestoney and @sewing_in_spain and their other monthly guests. I think I have been watching ever since the birth of the #magamsewalong! Of course, I always want to join in the fun so I was quite pleased when the…
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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…