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The Phoenix Skirt or Pattern Review: New Look 6035
I’m excited to report that I was able to make another Kelly green skirt out of the remnants from my failed Vogue 1247 skirt. If you will kindly recall, I didn’t like the seam right across my tummy,...
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Not a Pattern Review: Missoni Knockoff Skirt
Although Robin beat me to it the night she got home from PR Weekend, I made something out of my new fabric purchases the day after. I think that’s gotta be a personal best for me re: purchase to sewn...
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Not a Pattern Review: iCandy’s Yoga Waistband Knit Skirt
So this time I made a skirt for myself and not my sister. As I mentioned yesterday, I needed to use my own measurements instead of the pdf pattern. Easy peasy lemon squeezy as Jack says. iCandy’s...
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Project Roundup
Folks, I finally hemmed the unintentional skirt for my sister so I can put it in the mail to her tomorrow. slight flare at the hem And way back in the beginning of April, I made Thor, my nephew, a...
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New Look 6035 Redux – The Graphic Floral Edition
After the sewing mania that was the Gatsby dress and Jack’s costume for “101 Dalmatians”, my sewing room was in a shambles. It took me a good 2-3 hours to set it to rights. Sorry, no before pics...
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Waistbands o’ steel
I’m back and so are my machines. The service was ok, but not great. The tension on my serger was all out of whack when I got it back and it wasn’t on the normal settings. A little weird. I am still...
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One for me and one for the little boy
It’s a rite of passage really, for a sewist with children, or child as the case may be. Really. At least that’s what I am telling myself. If you are not of strong stomach, you might want to skip...
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New Look 6035: The Ponte Knit Edition
Hiya! I know posting has been sparse in these here parts for a few months now. I’ve been grappling with some pretty major time sucks (taking the draping class and teaching Lego Robotics) and a wee bit...
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Pattern Review: Burda 9-2009-121 — The Dream Skirt and another Grainline Archer
The dream skirt is a reality peeps! It took me a while and a new machine, but I have my dream skirt in real life now. Thanks to Cidell for the pattern suggestion. All my pleated skirt patterns had...
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Pattern Review: McCall’s 6654 Straight Knit Skirt
Oh boy! I haven’t done a pattern review in a while. I guess I’ve been using a lot of TNT patterns lately. I am really excited about this pattern, so read on to find out why. But first a little...
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