Tag: Skirt
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Jungle January Jenna
Clear back in July, quite a few months ago, though not that many postings ago, I mentioned the effect that my work situation was having on my wardrobe thoughts. At that time, the thought was that I’d be going into the office for an indeterminate length of time, but that there would be an end-date. I…
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The Monthly Stitch: November Project
I feel like I’m coming down to the wire now with the projects I had wanted to complete in November, that is, the ones that included some type of theme/sew-along and therefore had deadlines not of the arbitrarily self-imposed variety. The Monthly Stitch had “Something From a Sewing Book” as their theme this month. Before…
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Flannel, Lace, and Nostalgia
The Sewcialists have a new blog and are doing monthly challenges now. November’s theme was Grunge sewing which sounded like fun. I’m always up for a reason to wear flannel and clunky boots. I remember grunge, but was pretty far removed from actually owning/wearing anything trendy at that time. The look having been inspired by…
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Cake Hummingbird: In the Wild
Just in time to start in on the Red Velvet Cake Sewalong beginning tomorrow, I finally finished up the Hummingbird skirt from the last Cake Sewalong. If you were following the Flickr group for the Hummingbird sewalong, there was a picture of the top being worn by my dress-form (who should have a name,…
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Hummingbird Meets Pavlova: More Like Frosted Animal Cookies Than Cake
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 so that it only has front/back seams instead of the usual four. This is one…
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April Challis Chalet: Stash-Busting in Vibrant Color
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 managed to have a properly romantic getaway, leaving responsibilities at home properly delegated out to…
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Squeak! A Squirrel Circle Skirt
Over the weekend, our family went to an anniversary party for Pete’s parents. The theme was “Tiempo de Rock n Roll” and the dress code was “estile de las 50’s y 60’s.” The boys were all for just wearing their usual jeans with a belt and tucking in a plaid shirt, very Leave it to…
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Cake Patterns Pavlova: The Sequel
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 been cut into but there was just enough left to get this new top. That…
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The Pleather Pavlova
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 post into the Flicker group on the second to last day of the sew-along. The sew-along…