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Thumbs down (I think) on this ruffle skirt

Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Coastal Curtsy Skirt first came to my attention when Carolyn made her version of it. It seemed like my ideal sewing project: relatively low skill, but looking like something I’d happily buy off the rack. I ordered the ruffle fabric and some wide elastic to go with it, and finally got around to putting [...]

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Simple geometrics

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Inspired by these coasters, I used some fabric I had around to make a bunch of light/dark squares. The red/white floral was a piece of flocked cotton, maybe half a yard, that came into my hands when my favorite cousin bought a house that had previously been owned by a hoarder. There was other fabric [...]

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Done!

Friday, January 13, 2012

I’ve actually already managed to knock out both of my crafty goals for January. 1. Rob’s scarf is done. That was a lot of seed stitch. 2. I finished blind stitching the binding on this quilt, so I can finally, finally use it. I made the top out of samples of silk upholstery fabric that [...]

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Resolve

Thursday, January 5, 2012

I *love* New Year’s resolutions. Love them. I love sitting down on New Year’s Day with my fresh Moleskine day planner and thinking about what I want to happen in the next 12 months while shoveling as much hoppin’ john in my mouth as I can handle*. I believe in making very specific resolutions, ones [...]

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Fabric that I like!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Every year without fail, the first barely perceptible stirrings of spring make me think about sewing, to the point where sometimes I haven’t even noticed anything spring-like in the air until I feel the urge to look at fabric and patterns and trace it back to not having had to wear gloves the day before. [...]

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