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McCall’s M7324: Part II of my Adventures with Border Print Fabric!
This is the last of my lovely denim border print fabric. 🙁 I’ve already made a pair of summer cropped pants with it, details here. I had just enough left to squeeze a top out of it! I decided to use this pattern, McCall’s M7324, view A. I definitely won’t be using the curved…
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Just ONE more sewing machine … a review of the Janome HD3000
I used my Janome 3160QDC (my baby) during my last bag making session. It worked well with a Jeans needle, but there was an “oh oh” moment when my machine was going through a few particularly thick layers of fabric and fleece and it made a strange “whirring” noise. I backed off, stopped pushing it so…
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“Thanks for Not Guffawing” by Pattern Pandemonium
Quite often I find myself lurking around a blog or two reading post after post after post – entertaining myself! Lurking around Jay’s “Pattern Pandemonium” recently, I became quite impressed … She Did the Math! and the answer was a bit scary. Have a read for yourself …
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McCall’s M7364 – A simple sewing pattern!
I’ve always got an eye out for border print fabric and when I saw this 100% cotton denim – EMBROIDERED – I could not resist! I bought enough for a pair of casual summer pants and a summer top. It has been quite hot here lately (but unfortunately smokey from forest fires) so I am…
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What do you think?
Last week I showed you my Rosie© bag … I’m going to call it “Portrait style”. This week I’m going to show you my Rosie© bag “Landscape style”. But I have a simple question … Do you prefer your cross body bags long and skinny (Portrait style) or do you prefer your cross body bags…
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The Rosie© bag
I’ve always got my eye out for “the perfect bag”. Even when I bought RTW I stuck to the same couple of perfectly functional bags – wrapped in different materials and styles to change things up. Now that I am making my own, I am attempting to find the perfect bags for myself. I am…
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McCall’s M6503 – What do you think?
Last post I mentioned that I had finished my “May Flower” dress, a theme provided way back in May by the #magamsewalong on Instagram. I had a wonderful floral 100% rayon fabric and one of my favourite patterns, McCall’s M6503. I wasn’t too pleased with the dress when finished though. I don’t know how I…
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Sewjo: Lost and Found
It’s a strange thing when you have lost interest in something that you usually love to do. There was an odd dullness in my life these past few weeks because of the passing of our Wonderful Mother – my Biggest and Most Loving Supporter. She was someone who constantly asked what was new in…