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Spring into Color ~ blog tour ~

By on March 7, 2018

I did a last minute sign up for the Spring into Color blog tour set up by Sewing by Ti.  This tour centers around the Pantone color palette for Spring 2018. I decided to do the boring classic colors, mostly because I signed up late and they were really the only ones I had on […]

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A box to catch my pattern weights

By on January 17, 2018

This is a semi-tutorial. I got some pictures, but usually when I sit down at my machine, all thoughts of pictures go out the window as I am sewing.  This shows the process moreso. The 52 Week Sewing Challenge group has for this week’s challenge Sew Something to Make Sewing Easier.  This was a head […]

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Military inspired hoodie

By on January 16, 2018

I have been meaning to tackle another of these hoodie jackets since I made the first one.  Knowing how long it was going to take definitely made my hold off on it, though.  I ended up putting it in my #makenine challenge so I was sure to get it done! I also saw this jacket […]

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Pattern hack – zipped cowl top

By on September 5, 2017

Is that a good name for it?  Not sure what to call this style. Okay, what we have here is a tutorial for a pattern hack to get this style of top: Instructions to hack a pattern In order to do this hack, you need a basic long sleeve t-shirt top pattern that fits.  I […]

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Long overdue cardigan draft

By on September 2, 2017

I have been wanting to make this cardigan for quite awhile. It wasn’t the color I would choose, but I loved the flounces.  This would have to be flounces and not ruffles, as the gathering would make it horrendous to sew the seams. My plan of attack was to use the WBM basic t-shirt and […]

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Packers Pride!

By on August 24, 2017

Go Pack Go! Sara at RP Custom Fabrics has a new pre-order up with tartan plaids in team colors.  How awesome is that??  I love this idea and had to make up a top for me in the Green, Gold and White Tartan. I didn’t have any matching green, so I went to the closet […]

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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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Summer tops

By on April 9, 2017

These are some summer tops that I drafted/hacked from either patterns I made previously, or by using the Sneha by Wardrobe by Me. I used my style sheet that I put together from tops I found on Pinterest: Then, I went back and looked at more tops. Here is the first one.  I modified a […]

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Just call me Morticia

By on February 8, 2017

No, I am not feeling depressed.  Yes, I like to wear black.  I try not to wear all black, since that might beg the question of “whose funeral”.  To which, the obvious reply would be, “I haven’t decided yet.” 😉 This top is my Sneha tunic hack. I described how I drafted and changed the […]

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