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No rain, a new hair-do and a new dress!
… this is Happiness! It’s Frocktober! A while ago I received my Sewaholic Yaletown pattern in the mail and knew I had to sew it up with my Batic 100% rayon purchased during my shopping trip to Vancouver! My dress is done now, just in time, and I am very pleased with it.
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Quiet Please! Studying in Session!
I have definitely been busy, not sewing, but studying. I have been working on my Bodice fitting shell! When done, I hope to use it as a guide for fitting other patterns or even, some day, designing some patterns for myself! A while back, I bought myself the Craftsy courses “Fast-Track Fitting” and “Fast-Track Fitting: In The…
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Pondering buttonholes…
I have been pondering buttonholes… but first let me tell you about one of the best Craftsy courses I have taken, Sew Better, Sew Faster, featuring a pattern from Islander Sewing Systems, Jacket Express #218. (Not being paid to say this neither, just my opinion!) I have taken about a dozen Craftsy courses – some…
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CIBC Run for the Cure 2014
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! My two sisters, Ozzy the dog, and myself are ready to run/walk/jog for the Cure this Sunday, October 5th! My other sister and our families are ready to cheer from the sidelines (virtually) – although we will get her over here too one of these days! This weekend is…
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Only my second “up cycle”!
I was asked by a friend to fix up a set of curtains for her. She had 3 panels of store bought drapes with large grommets at the top for a rod to pass through and she wanted them changed to 2 wider panels of drapes, wide enough to cover her window, with some fullness,…
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Noooo!
The voting is over for last week’s post and you left me with a perfect TIE for my dilemma – which fabric should I choose for my Sewaholic Yaletown dress? Guess I am going to have to flip a coin! or sew both? … unless anyone has any final suggestions or comments to offer to tip the…
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You’ve got mail!
Whoo hoo! Checked the mail this morning! Look what’s arrived! Sewaholic’s Yaletown dress (click for details) I still love having a paper pattern in my hands, crisp, flat, untouched, uncut – instead of having a printed photo of a pattern that is still stored on my computer! Does that show my age? I should show…
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OWOP week – Sept 6 to Sept 12
It’s OWOP week (One Week, One Pattern – organized this year by Handmade Jane). This is the week to wear the same pattern every day for seven days. Butterick B5988 is my go-to tee pattern. If you have read my blog before, you might recognize these. I really, really wanted to get another one made,…