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A cool cat

By on August 18, 2017

Here is another seasonal print that is for winter.  This print is a kids panel, with a matching coordinate from Zenith & Quasar fabrics. The panel looks like this (print yet to come): 24″ tall x 58-60″ wide cut including: 1 front panel (24″ x 20ish”) 1 back panel, solid color (24″ x 20ish”) 1 […]

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An odd request

By on August 13, 2017

Well, the request was odd, but the item to make was pretty easy. One of the dad’s on my son’s baseball team collects dinosaur bones.  He had a 4′ dinosaur bone that he unearthed on a dig that he needed to have a pouch to cushion it as it stood end on end. This pouch […]

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Sheer inset dolman top

By on August 10, 2017

Hey look, something that is not a pattern test or strike off sewing!  I have been wanting to make another sheer inset top in black.  I have made a white one and one with huge sleeves. The process in drafting this was pretty easy.  I used a dolman top pattern that I made from a […]

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Color wheel

By on July 29, 2017

Yes, indeed.  I do have more fabric from the Fun Rounds! Arcoiris at RP Custom Fabrics This is the color wheel print, and I decided to make a skort and top with a flounce for the girl.  This were really easy to cut with the circular lines in the prints.  I used two  25″ rounds […]

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Beautiful Sunset

By on July 19, 2017

This print is part of the RP Custom Fabrics – Fun Rounds pre-order.    The image is of a sunset skyline in a circular format.  Really pretty! (click on picture to go to the pre-order for it) I received a few of the smaller round panels, and two that were the same size.  I think they […]

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Koi cape top

By on July 18, 2017

The new rounds are up for pre-order at RP Custom Fabrics, and she called this round the “Fun Rounds“.  I have to agree.  There are some really pretty and fun prints in it.  I have several to get sewed up, so hopefully I will get them done soon. We are entering the week of the […]

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Sew Americana

By on June 29, 2017

Today is day 4 of the Sew Americana tour, and I am sharing an outfit with a baseball theme.  What is more Americana than baseball? In the past I used to make my kids 4th of July outfits when my parents had a big 4th of July party. Now, we are lucky if we do […]

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Numbers

By on June 9, 2017

This is kind of the perfect fabric for school-age kiddos.  This is a pre-order up at The Fabric Cottage with numbers and letters is various colorways.  I was a bit late to choose a sample to sew up, so I ended up getting the numbers in white and black.  I probably would have chosen the […]

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What’s your sign?

By on June 8, 2017

This was kind of fun to sew up! The constellation fabric for the skirt is on pre-order at RP Custom Fabrics.  This sample is the 58″ round on bamboo lycra.  She has a few other round panels, and they come in various sizes. The girl claimed it when she saw it, so I had to […]

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Rock on

By on June 7, 2017

When RP Custom Fabrics offered up these strike-offs for sewing up, I knew my time would be at a premium.  Unfortunately, this past week and upcoming week, we are in the thick of games and tournaments.  My poor kiddos are tired, tired, tired, but luckily school is almost out for them.  It is hard to […]

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