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A black muslin

By on October 20, 2014

This past weekend I had some time to sew, so I made up a few things for myself.  One of these was a shirt that was supposed to be the muslin for another shirt I wanted to make.  It didn’t quite happen that way, though, since this didn’t turn out like I wanted.  It ended […]

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A skullcap for football

By on October 13, 2014

If you saw the image from the football game, then you saw the boys all bundled up and cold.  The Boy said his ears were frozen by the end of the game.  He tried to put a stocking cap under his helmet, but it was too thick.  The helmets have to fit them pretty tight, so […]

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Fall Colors

By on October 6, 2014

Today I am guest posting over at Oliver & S for another tweenified version of their patterns: the Hide and Seek Tunic and Playtime Leggings. (Yep, they gave me these patterns again.  As you know, I tend to draft my own, so I don’t buy patterns anymore for the most part.  All opinions on these […]

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Grey days

By on September 29, 2014

We are heading into the lovely grey days of Autumn, where it tends to rain a bit and then snow a bit. Not looking forward to either, especially after the beautiful weekend we had. I took these shots right before it started to rain, and the skies were getting a bit grey.  Definitely a Monday morning. […]

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Tween all the way

By on September 22, 2014

Today I am guest posting over on the Oliver & S blog, showing how to tween-ify some of their patterns that go up to a size 12.  The patterns I chose were actually two boy patterns that I made for the Girl.  I think the main difference between boy and girl patterns are the fact […]

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Pinteresting Project – August

By on September 9, 2014

Hey, back to Pinterest!  I know it is no longer August, but I made this in August.  I just didn’t get any pictures taken of it. This is my take on this Desingual skirt I found and pinned.  I did the yoke and pockets, but pretty much everything else is a bit different from the […]

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The missing shirt

By on August 7, 2014

So LAST YEAR at the Sewing Mama’s retreat I made this shirt.  It was the first thing I made, and I loved how it turned out.  I got home and the Little Miss tried it on. Too tight in the sleeves. *sigh* I thought that I had put it downstairs on my sewing table.  When […]

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More cargos

By on August 3, 2014

One of the things that I wanted to get done at the sewing retreat were some cargo shorts for the Boy.  They are time consuming to do, with all the pockets and topstitching, so I figured getting some dedicated sewing time would be good!  I got two pairs of shorts completed for him. This pattern […]

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Refashioning – I see stripes!

By on July 31, 2014

Today I am posting at the tail end of the Refashion Month Series on House of Estrela. This is a refashion of a dress of mine that I did at one point this winter.  It was supposed to be for an upcycle contest, but I never got pictures taken of the girl wearing it. It […]

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Graphic

By on July 29, 2014

Here is another maxi skirt and top that I made.  Super comfy for summertime! The skirt is a bit…thin, though.  I should not be standing in front of a light source in this because it is see through.  When it cools down I can wear a slip, but right now it is far to warm […]

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