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Wedding guest sewing

By on September 19, 2018

I showed in a previous post a dress turned into a top that I made for a wedding in August.  Here is what I ended up making and wearing to it. I have several black skirts that I have made over the years, so I thought the next attempt would just be a top that […]

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Summer capsule – addendum

By on September 18, 2018

I thought I would do a blog post on the status of my summer capsule.  I wore it a lot more this summer, as I was working from home, so it was more practical to wear my comfy clothes than office wear.  One of the perks of working from home! In the spring of 2017 […]

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Stash game – day 3

By on September 5, 2018

Sewing Mamas forum is doing a stash game for September, so I decided I would join in.  There isn’t much participation on the forum these days, but I figured it would be something that would give me a push.   I do have limited time with the kids’ sports, but I would like to get […]

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A little about learning to draft

By on August 20, 2018

If you have followed my sewing much, you will know that I tend to draft a lot of the patterns that I sew.  I love being able to sketch something out, and then turn it into a piece of clothing.  Drafting patterns is not rocket science, but experience in sewing does really help. The basics […]

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Focus – Week 31 & 32

By on August 13, 2018

Week 31 was officially the end of summer ball.  The boy was in an all star tournament, and they did fairly well.  They ended up 4th place, but it was a not really a full tournament.  As per the usual this summer, rain made it hard to play all the games.   They ended up […]

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Focus – Week 28-30

By on July 30, 2018

Gotta admit…this summer has thoroughly exhausted me.  I’m not sure how the kids would have gotten everywhere if I hadn’t been “working” from home.  While I did get what I needed done for work, it was definitely affected by my kids activities, with having to work late on many nights when I really shouldn’t have […]

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Nebula

By on July 14, 2018

I love this fabric that I purchased from Zenith and Quasar last year, and finally got it sewed up for me. This is the star stuff panel and Carina Nebula fabric from her space round last year.  I sewed up some samples for that round, but also purchased a bunch for myself.  I love how […]

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Focus – Week 22 – 26

By on July 6, 2018

Yeah, pretty much all of June has been just trying to keep up with all of the practices, games and tournaments.  Not much else has gotten done. My accomplishments Focus Photo – This has pretty much been our lives…at the ballfield.   Sewing – The month of June I did not get a lot done […]

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Fractals

By on July 5, 2018

Here is the last print I sewed up for the current rounds open at Fabric Anthropology/Thread Therapy Fabric.  I volunteered to sew up too many fabrics this time.  I didn’t keep track of what I had already signed up for, soooooo…yeah, a little stressed with getting them sewn up and photographed! Disclosure: This post may […]

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Striped summer romper

By on July 1, 2018

I have to admit…I’ve been in a bit of a sewing slump lately.  This is mostly due to the fact that it is super busy with sports during June, and I don’t have much time to sew.  I like to have larger tracts of time to be creative, and that just hasn’t been happening lately. […]

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