Tag: Sewing blogs
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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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The Designin’ December winners!
It was a fabulous turnout for Designin’ December 2019! So many people told me they wanted to vote for ALL the Sewists – why did they have to choose just a few! But don’t worry, everyone did so well, and you were all within points of each other! This Designin’ December we had 21 Sewists…
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How to vote for your Designin’ December favourite!
As we review the entries below, let’s keep in mind my favourite thought when browsing through the shops or magazines, online or physical: “Why buy when you can make it yourself – better and for less money?” In no special order, here are the entries: @sewlastminutelisa @groovygreylook @sewbknit @paulalovestosew @thehippestpocket @mandi.sews @raquel_sewing_knitting_in_asia @wis_g @brigitann And…
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More Designin’ December, including my own!
Isn’t it amazing how many entries there have been!!! I’m going to show you a few more! Saba Lodhi from our Designin’ December Facebook Group has her Designer Original by Jason Wu. and her Designer Copy! @thesewinggoatherd or her blog The Sewing Goatherd and the Designer Original that inspired her to make her Mother’s Mother…
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More Designin’ December entries!
Let’s just get to it! @seamracer of IG and of the blog, Seam Racer, has a 2nd entry! Her Designer Original from the Versace spring/summer 2018 RTW Collection and her Designer Copy … Next @theladydeejay with her 1960’s Leslie Fay dress, which she purchased for herself, and then studied to make proper fitting pattern pieces,…
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One more Designin’ December entry!
Yes! I have one more! @seamracer of IG and of the blog, Seam Racer, was inspired by a luxurious 1947 Christian Dior coat dress. (Oh, yes, before I forget, she has a ton of details and photographs on her blog!) Yes, vintage designers are allowed. Here is her Designer Original … … and here is…
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It’s a Designin’ December Blizzard!
Let me show you a few Designer Originals and Designer Copies from some talented Sewists … and I don’t think this is the end of it! This awesome Sewing Challenge ends Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:00 midnight PST! (Details below) (Click on their names for links to their handiwork!) Here is the entry from…