Tag: McCall’s
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A SHOUT OUT TO MARY ANN! (and my #mmmay15)
A few days ago I was speaking with Mary Ann, the accountant at our office, about the “world” of sewing and sewing blogs. She asked me how I started and I told her that for about a year before I started blogging, I was just a sewing blog stalker. Then I felt bad only clicking and…
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle … Refashion? (and my #mmmay15)
In preparing for Me-Made-May’15, I discovered a few things when cleaning up my closet a few weeks ago. Such as: I still have the shoes that I wore to my wedding almost 27 years ago in a box in my closet. I find that amazing for some reason. I put them back safely. I have…
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Under Construction…
… my blog that is, not my sewing! I apparently am using a “retired” theme, not that WordPress doesn’t allow that, but I am still finding that some of my features are not working as I would like. So, I am going to take a tiny break, choose a new theme, and switch from THIS to…
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We interrupt this program to bring you…
… a special bulletin. Yes, you know it already… In last week’s post, I asked you which vintage sewing pattern should be my first in the Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge 2015. The winner, with 64% of the vote is … McCall’s M7238! One of my sister’s “old” patterns and apparently the one she sewed up for…
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Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge and MAGAM …
I can’t turn down a good Challenge! I have slowly realized that I am not one to make New Year’s Resolutions … in life or in my sewing. Instead, I just blather away about all the things I want to try this year … sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t … sometimes I plan…
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Last post ….
… for 2014! The other week I showed you my housecoat, which I did up, mostly, without a pattern. This week I’ve got the PJ’s done. I’m using an EASY pattern, McCall’s M7060. I could have probably used the same bodice sloper I used for my housecoat, as there isn’t much to the PJ top,…
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It’s not that bad, I’ve seen UFO’s older than this …
… my UnFinished Object is only from April! I found it and two others when I was cleaning up my pattern and fabric stash! I’m surprised I never finished this shirt right away as I love this fabric! Then again, I am glad I didn’t finish it right away as by the time I did…
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So what do you do?
When I was young I loved browsing through the Sears catalogue. I would look through page by page and mark all the things I wanted to create my brand new wardrobe. Is it no wonder I decided that the best way to display and store my sewing patterns is in binders and boxes. Now I…