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Black and white and a little dressy

By on November 20, 2017

Back in the summer I made my girl a dress that I thought would work for her choir concerts this year.  Nope!  The girl needed a black bottoms and white top for her choir concert, so back to the sewing machine I went. She said she wanted a “flowy” top and I got to choose […]

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Pretty purple jacket

By on November 12, 2017

Here is my last sample piece for the current round open at Fabric Anthropology (whew!  I made 5 this time!).  This is the purple watercolor and it is another very pretty color.  The watercolor feature makes it have some pretty gradients going throughout the print. I drafted up this jacket and sewed it in about […]

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Anti-heroes

By on November 1, 2017

The boy doesn’t get much sewing done for himself lately, since he basically just wears t-shirts, a hoodie, and athletic pants.  Not super exciting for mama to sew. When this new pre-order round came up at Fabric Anthropology, I knew he would love to get Venom sewed up for him!  This pre-order is full of […]

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Costumes | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

My little assassin

By on October 4, 2017

The girl has been reading the Sarah Maas series where the lead character is basically an assassin, though she becomes a leader.  (I think…she tends to get wordy and unfocused when she explains it all). This year she wanted to be an assassin in going to the Renaissance Festival and for Halloween.  That works fine […]

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Joggers are not actually for jogging

By on September 21, 2017

As the Girl’s gym teacher learned when he was trying to talk her into joining the track team.  He was pushing hard, too. “Uh, yeah, no…running isn’t really my thing.” You can, though, still look cute in them. These are the Rumba Joggers from Rogue Patterns, set to release tomorrow.  They come in a huge […]

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