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FA Style – Into the Woods

By on October 15, 2018

Details to come. Fabric – Skirt:  Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line Top:  Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line and Black bamboo, Nature’s Fabrics Crop top: Black bamboo, Nature’s Fabrics Patterns – Self-drafted  

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FA Fashion week line – The Warrior outfit

By on October 14, 2018

This was a fun outfit to make, and I was going more for a post-apocalyptic look for it.  A strong, fierce female.  I have a board on Pinterest where I gathered a bunch of ideas, and then started working on drafting my vision. The Jacket: The first item had to be this little jacket.  I […]

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FA Style – Warrior

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Details to come. Fabric – Thorns: Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line Black top: Black bamboo, Nature’s Fabrics Crop jacket: Black quilted knit, Aurora Fabrics Patterns – Self-drafted

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Faux cable knit

By on October 7, 2018

It never ceases to amaze me what designers can come up with for fabric patterns.  The push for faux fill-in-the-blank can give you a fun look with the comfort of knit.  I’ve seen faux leather, faux sparkles, faux glitter and here we have faux cable knit.  It gives you a look of winter, but without […]

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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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Creativity | Outfits | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

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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An error in judgement, then the seam ripper

By on September 14, 2018

I don’t know about you, but dressing for weddings always has me stumped.  I want to be comfortable for the requisite eating, drinking and (hopefully) dancing, but I also want to look nice.  If it is a family event, then I usually want to wear something I made.  That is usually something that gets asked […]

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Handbags | Sewing | Sewing for me | Tutorials

Slouchy handbag

By on September 2, 2018

This is one of those easier to make leather bags.  I have made three of these so far.  The first two I made were not as wide, and I am having a bit of a problem getting my 5 x 7 journal in it, so I decided to make this one a bit bigger. I […]

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Light and Dark

By on July 29, 2018

This was the third strike-off sample I needed to get finished in the last week.  It was pretty dang busy! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something.  Please check out our disclosure policy for more details. This fabric is from the Harry Potter […]

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Pattern testing | Sewing for me | Sewing for the girl | teen sewing

Two BSD Sophias

By on July 16, 2018

I volunteered to test the Bella Sunshine Design’s Sophia racerback top/tunic/dress, and it turned out very nicely for a quick summer top. I made two of them.  One for my daughter in a size 2, with the top length.  This is nice basic for her wardrobe.  I made it in bamboo spandex jersey from Nature’s […]

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