Sewing, Knitting and Other Domestic Duties
Here’s my first version of a pattern that seems to be taking over the internet lately. I’ve already made my second and have plans for at least two more. This is the Lady Skater Dress from Kitschy Coo….
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Have you seen the new collaborative sewing group, The Monthly Stitch? The plan is to collect a group of people to sew one thing a month based on the same theme. This month, the first month, the theme is capes….
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This is a Cake patterns mash-up ensemble. It’s the Hummingbird top with a Pavlova skirt. A really long Pavlova skirt. I added about ten inches to the length and cut the pieces on the fold…
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I’m still working on my mystery project (which has me saying weirdly obvious things out loud, such as “wow, 9 yards is the same as 27 feet”, just because it took something like 5 hours to cut out the pieces from the…
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Hooray! I managed to sneak in one last vibrantly colored April Stash Bust before the end of the month (being on the West Coast of the United States, it is still April here, for a few hours at least). …
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Remember how I had said that my in-laws anniversary party was 50’s-60’s themed? Thus the squirrel skirt for Guinevere that was needed. I couldn’t let such a perfect reason to sew up a vintage-y look pass me by without getting…
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This project has taken me months. That may be an exaggeration. As far as construction goes, it really didn’t take that long in actually working on it. As far as getting it started and finishing it up, that took much…
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As of the beginning of April, Pete and I have been married for 10 years. As exciting an anniversary milestone as that is, busy schedules threatened to interfere with a proper celebration of it. Over the past weekend, we finally…
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Here’s the other Pavlova set I made, just about as different as it could be from the Pleather version. The top is made from a cotton jersey that’s been sitting in my stash for well over 10 years. It had…
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I’ve found a new favorite pattern. The Pavlova top and skirt from Cake Patterns. Seriously, it’s as though Steph C. drafted it just for me. I joined in on the sew-along and took some quick pics with a self-timer to…
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