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Sewing Project – Batik Dress

By on July 30, 2007

I have my 15 year class reunion this weekend, and I really want to show off my little girl.  🙂  I fell in love with this fabric the moment I saw it.  It is a strip sewed fabric with an embroidered piece in between a batik print.  I bought a coordinating batik print, and designed […]

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Sewing project – a hat

By on July 29, 2007

There’s not much else that I dislike more than making hats.  They don’t take that long, but they are just a huge pain and I always get stuck with about twenty pins.  A friend of mine asked me to make her a hat for her daughter’s wedding, since it was outside at the end of July […]

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Sewing Project – Tiger Dress

By on July 15, 2007

So what exactly do you do with a onesie shirt when your little girl is potty trained?  You certainly can’t put it on her since she can’t deal with the snaps.  Just turn it into a little dress! This was a plain brown Old Navy onesie.  First, I cut the bottom off the top, right […]

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Sewing project – Tribal Swimsuit

By on July 8, 2007

Well, this isn’t a fantastic picture of her new swimsuit, but it will have to do. This fabric has a fun cream, taupe and brick red tribal print.  Just what a two year old with a touch of American Indian blood needs, right?  This is pretty similar to the other swimsuit that I made for […]

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Sewing project – a Mei Tai

By on July 5, 2007

I have made, oh, about 50 or so of these baby carriers.  I wanted to make one after seeing some online and knowing that it wasn’t that hard to make.  I looked at many of the designs and figured out what I wanted out of mine.  Mostly I wanted it to be pretty and comfortable.  After posting mine […]

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Sewing project – 4th of July dress

By on July 2, 2007

Well, I just had to make the blondie a cute little 4th of July dress.  No pattern, again, just a basic twirl dress with shirring all the way around on top.  I made a little pinwheel to accent the halter, with a fabric button and flag charm sewn on coming out from underneath it.  She […]

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