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By on June 13, 2011

I didn’t get much done on the sewing front this past week.  I worked out every day last week, so that was my excuse.  I did get a project done that had been waiting for a year.  I spray-painted some picture frames and put my wall of pictures back up after taking them down when […]

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Outfits | Stuff I made

Purple

By on June 7, 2011

I took some time fitting the top to this outfit.  Normally when I sew I just kind of make it up as I go.  I wanted this to work, though.  It still isn’t perfect, but overall the fit works fairly well.  I really like this color purple on me.  It brings out my coloring.  The […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for me

The purple suit-dress

By on May 31, 2011

When I was in college I bought a pretty little cheap suit at TJ Maxx.  I got rid of it at one point, but I still miss it.  It had a jacket with a flounce all the way around and a pencil skirt.  I would certainly wear the jacket now, but the skirt probably didn’t […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl

Bows and godets

By on May 24, 2011

My next inspiration dress comes from Chasing Fireflies.  They have tons of pretty girly dresses.  This dress was done in denim and retails for $238 (ouch!).  Very pretty with lots of detailing, so I can understand why it is spendy. (click on picture to go to website) I wanted to do a similar dress, though […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl

Random stuff for little ones

By on May 22, 2011

A few girly things… Birthday gift for one of Anya’s girlfriends I really wasn’t going to make a gift for this party.  I was busy and stressed and really didn’t want to have to sew a dress.  Then I thought the little girl would feel bad if I didn’t make her one when I’ve made […]

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Outfits

My new favorite skirt

By on May 20, 2011

I will be making many of these skirts for the summertime.  My biggest conudrum with summer skirts is not having tights to control my tummy pooch.  I gained 40 lbs with each of my kids, so I have a bit of loose skin to contend with.  I make these skirts with a double panel of […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for me

It’s all about me…

By on May 17, 2011

More sewing for your’s truly.  I think part of the joy I get out of sewing is making patterns and sewing things that fit me.  This tends to backfire occassionally when I spend hours making something for myself and then it doesn’t fit.  Very frustrating! Here are a couple of tank tops that I traced […]

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Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl

The 6th birthday dress

By on May 12, 2011

I don’t think I have made six birthday dresses for her, but it was her 6th birthday.  I didn’t start sewing for her until she was a little over a year, and I think her 2nd birthday was the first time I made anything special for her to wear on her special day. She was pretty […]

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Outfits | Stuff I made

My new favorite dress

By on May 10, 2011

This was a Mother’s Day present to me.  I made this on Mother’s Day as I was given many hours of uninterrupted sewing time.  This is a dress that I drafted myself.  I had to make a few modifications, but in the end I really like how it turned out.  It fits my body well, […]

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Creativity | Fashion fun | Sewing | Sewing for me

S.W.A.P.

By on May 9, 2011

S.W.A.P. = sewing with a plan for those not into the online sewing terminology.  Basically, you try to sew a coordinating group of items.  I tried to make some coordinating outfits for our trip to Vegas so I didn’t need to buy anything.  Ha!  Like that worked!  I did use some of the items I […]

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