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Woven sweatshirt – McCall’s 7195
Either last year or the year before – 2020 is still a bit of a blur – this pattern caught my eye. A sweatshirt pattern for woven fabric? That
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Woven sweatshirt – McCall’s 7195
Either last year or the year before – 2020 is still a bit of a blur – this pattern caught my eye. A sweatshirt pattern for woven fabric? That
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Wool jersey dress – Butterick 5313
I have been wanting a Chanel style knit dress with a flounce so I pulled out this oldie but goodie pattern. The charcoal grey wool jersey has been in
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New Sewing Studio reveal
Yeah, I know, I’ve been absent. I honestly have no idea where the time has gone. Work has been extra busy and there has been little time for much
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Burda Style 09/2016 #115 Bomber Jacket – Part VI
It’s been slow going here. Still suffering with insomnia so I haven’t trusted myself to do too much sewing. I felt kind of energetic today so I
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Let there be light!
I am never satisfied with the amount of light I have for sewing. My newest sewing machine is a 1997 Bernina and, with the exception of a few
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Burda Style 09/2016 #115 Bomber Jacket – Part V
It’s been another busy week and I am still not sleeping. Consequently, I haven’t done much sewing until this weekend. The zipper has been
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A short detour
I didn’t have much time to work on my jacket this weekend. I had breakfast with my DIL and my mini on Saturday and my DIL mentioned that the pool
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Burda Style 09/2016 #115 Bomber Jacket – Part III
I took a day off from work today to work on my jacket. This year I find myself in the unusual situation of having a lot of PTO that I’m going to
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Boiler iron cleaning
I’m ashamed to say that it’s been several years since I’ve cleaned my boiler iron. Even worse, I haven’t used it in over a year and left
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Burda Style 09/2016 #115 Bomber Jacket – Part II
I finally just took a deep breath and cut and I’m really happy with it so far. The back really *had* to be cut this way as I couldn’t imagine it
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On deck – Burda Style 09/2016 #115 (modified)
I fell in love with this pattern the moment I saw it and immediately thought of using leather for the sleeves. I have this gorgeous bronze lamb
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Zipper Queen
Over the years, I have accumulated quite a collection of fabrics, patterns, buttons and other ingredients. I recently cleaned out my fabric and
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Jalie 2320 Gray trucker jacket – Final
Wow, I feel like this jacket went together so quickly. I’m usually such a slow sewer as I just like to relax and enjoy the entire process and not
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Jalie 2320 Gray trucker jacket – Part III
Before attaching the front yoke, buttonholes must be made in the pocket flaps. My beloved 1961 Singer Rocketeer was a birthday gift from my friend