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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…
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My how time flies …
It is almost frightening. Seven years to the day have gone by since my first post on “Nice dress! Thanks, I made it!! Seven years … isn’t that the time you’re supposed to have an “Itch”? or was that just the name of a 1950’s Marilyn Monroe movie? Seven years and the World has changed.…
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Well! How’s your Designin’ December 2020 going?
It’s going very well for @sewordinary of Instagram. I think her Designer Copy is a perfectly lovely, classic style! How’s my Designin’ December going, you ask? It’s all over the place! LOL! Perhaps you remember from my last blog post here, I switched from this beautiful Oscar de la Renta skirt to a classic pair…
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Designin’ December 2020 Update!
We have our first three entries now! Let me show them to you! First on Instagram @mountaintopsewing – who used Chanel as her inspiration and made a Designer Copy of this Jacket and top, complete with bag, bling and nail polish! Next, we have @intostitches, on Instagram, who used a Burberry trench coat as the…
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Who are our generous Designin’ December 2020 Prize Sponsors?
Again! My favourite post of the year … when I reveal the generous DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2020 PRIZE SPONSORS! There are so many, I’m not going to make this a long post by talking too much – let’s just get to it – our DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2020 PRIZE SPONSORS! Check out their websites, browse around, pick out the…
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Designin’ December 2020!
The DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER Sewing Challenge is FIVE years old! I wonder how much that is in cat years? 🙂 This will be the 5th year that I have been sizing up all the fashions in the stores, magazines, online or on the runway. All the while thinking … “Why buy when you can make it…