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New Year’s Spirit! Vogue 8241
I started the New Year generous in spirit by making a dress for my daughter. It’s been over 15 years since I have heard “Will you make me a dress, Mom? ” and she wasn’t referring to a Children’s Corner...
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Style Arc Willow
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” A. A. Milne Had I known organizing my sewing room would result in a two-week hiatus from sewing AND...
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Missoni My Way
I cannot begin to explain how much I have always wanted to own a Missoni dress. Those chevron stripes in wacky colors simply speak to me. Unfortunately, Missoni is w a y out of my price range. I was...
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Anchors Away
“I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.” Oscar de la Renta I don’t know how to sew casual clothes – the kind of knock around frocks you wear on the weekend – but I’m going to learn. I...
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EASTER
When I realized the weather would be too cold to wear my navy lace dress for Easter, I set it aside for Mother’s Day, but I didn’t give up on such a pretty lace making its Easter debut, and made Mimi a...
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The Regis Dress
Sometimes I make embarrassing mistakes, and for a while I thought ordering this white cotton/nylon lace from Mood Fabrics was one of those times. The flat lace reminded me of a tablecloth upon pulling...
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The Oonaballoona Dress
In the first week of December, Oonaballoona, that sassy woman from Kalkatroona sent me a piece of fabric I had admired just a few weeks earlier. For readers post November 14th……….. During my one and...
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Twist and Shout
I planned on publishing a post with F O U R garments and here I am with O N E. …….. and it looks really easy doesn’t it? Well, it wasn’t. I’m determined to master sewing casual clothes, but...
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Simplicity 2497
While sewing my casual knits the ruffles were calling my name, and I answered. The craving to sew ruffles was stronger than any craving I’ve ever had for chocolate, but I tried to be practical and made...
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Vogue 2864 Revisited
Top Ten Reasons To Sew Another Summer Dress 10. The last one was too big. 9. I’m eager to make another muslin. 8. Too hot to wear anything else. 7 I’m on a quest to perfect the hand-picked zipper...
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Sultry or Sunshine?
“Well if it isn’t Sultry and Sunshine!” blurted the drunk man upon seeing my friend and me. The year was 1984. My friend resembled Angelina Jolie and well, I just looked like myself, only 29 years...
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Gettin’ My Preppy On
Madras, anyone? Finding this multicolored cotton patchwork on the Mood Fabrics website was almost as refreshing as a dip in the pool! I looked forward to putting a feminine twist on this classic...
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Vogue 8833
I often think my Fall wardrobe is practically non-existent – most likely because I look like I’m coming down with something when I wear those traditional, Fall earth-tone colors. Fortunately the...
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Serendipitous Silk & More
My dear friend Libby teaches abroad every summer – this year she taught in Bangkok. On an outing to the National Museum, the lost driver dropped Libby and her class off at the wrong location. They...
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Trunk Show and Giveaway!
Two years ago I turned over a new leaf, but you might say I’ve branched out this past year This year I’m celebrating 45 Me-Made garments on my 2nd blogiversary! The ruffles continued…… but why did I...
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Butterick 5873
I believe relaxing vacations are a fantasy. Mine began with a bust as I was greeted at the beach by an exploding water heater leaving everyone with cold showers for three days. As soon as company...
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Rite of Passage I
I’m convinced there are a few rites of passage into the online sewing community. One of them is making Sewaholic’s Renfrew Top. In spite of dozens of good reviews boasting the merits of this simple...
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Habotai Silk Top
Dear Readers, I made this top last week for the Mood Sewing Network which was published by Mood yesterday. How it contrasts with what I’m doing this week in Baltimore! I think there is value in both...
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It’s Houndstooth Time!
This time each year I get the craving for a houndstooth something. I’ve bought it all throughout the years, but never tire of the crisp design. This year I decided to add a twist to my houndstooth...
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Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing Baby…
Greetings from NYC! Hubby invited me to accompany him on a short business trip, and as you might guess, I made a beeline to Mood Fabrics. Here I am with the charming owners of the store, Eric and Phil...
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