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Inordinately Pleased With Myself
Smug. Yeah, that about sums it up. Which I suppose is why I take on these ridiculous, intricate projects. Especially at times when I’ve been claiming I need all my sewing to be brainless and easy...
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Minimum Blogable Unit
Leggings. Also motorcycle. I made Syo leggings. Possibly there is no less glamourous or discussion-worthy thing I could sew; hopefully the photos (Syo’s idea) make up for that. The pattern is Kwik Sew...
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Hallowe’en Spotlight: lace-up leather shorts
Lace-Up Shorts It’s been a Hallowe’en sweatshop around here for the last little while. Last weekend was devoted to, as Steph of 3 Hours Past has put it, sewing with hammers. I spent Sunday with the...
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Hallowe’en Roundup
Actual Hallowe’en photo Okay, why is it so hard to get good Hallowe’en photos? every year I vow that I will, and every year I end up with a couple of fuzzy shots of kids running away to the next house...
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A tiered skirt workflow
Tiered skirt Before I get into the meat of this post (the construction of a basic tiered skirt), allow me to philosophize a wee bit. Y’know the best thing about being home? I have my village back....
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The Littlest Coin Bra
Ok, technically this bra, worn by Tyo around her first birthday, was smaller. (Also, those red marks on her face are lipstick kisses. Tell me you could resist kissing that cuteness. Also, a rare pic...
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Interlude
Leggings for Syo. Wimping out or taking a quick break? That is the question. This morning, rather than taking on the Dress of Irksomeness, I hunted around for a project that would be quick and...
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Oonapants!! (Phase 1)
Oonapants! A little while back, I was bemoaning the dearth of fun woolly tights, both in my wardrobe and in the world in general. Several people reminded me that funky leggings could probably suffice,...
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Fleece Pants, Episode 3: Syo
Booyeah Otherwise known as, “just because I have to be different.” Although Syo has thoroughly enjoyed her Jalie 3022 shorts, she has no interest in flared yoga-pants, fleece or otherwise. She is a...
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Fleece Pants, Episode 3 (part II)
Fleece Leggings Sick of fleece pants yet? Yeah? Too bad. It snowed every day this week, except for the bright sunny days with windchills in the -30s C. This is not what I want from the end of March,...
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Interlude
While I grapple with the enormity that is wedding sewing and try to put together something resembling a coherent post (hah!), let me entertain you, however fleetingly, with a top Syo made herself. It...
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And something for Syo
Syo was a bit put out with all the work on Tyo’s grad dress. She didn’t even get her onesie yet (I know, major mommy fail.) and here I am working on another big project for her sister? (To be fair, Tyo...
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Dancy-pants Jr.
Kwik Sew 3498 Syo also wants Fauxlodias. For whatever reason, I didn’t want to make her some just like mine, from Jalie 3022, so I looked around and eventually went out and bought (!) Kwik Sew 3498....
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Christmas Sewing Begins
Really late, yes. Shush. My plans are modest—this pair of dancey-flares for Syo, based on this Kwik Sew kids’ yoga pants pattern (KS3498). It shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours, provided I can...
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Little elves…
… Would have been desperately welcome. PJ-Palooza In the end, I did pull it off. Despite having as much No Time as usual, I made more Xmas presents than I think I ever have before. Four pairs of PJ...
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Little sweaters
Cloned sweater. Conflict was much reduced when the sisters didn’t have to fight over the original. One of the styles (my) contemporary teenagers like is a fairly shrunken, close-fitting version of the...
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Class Samples: Sew Over It Rosie Dress
In my head, I’m calling this the Into The Woods Dress. Back last winter, when I first floated the notion of teaching a class for the Sew Over I Rosie Dress, I was envisioning a fun, maybe quirky...
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The Graduate
Thanks to COVID-19 it was a very strange, sad year to graduate high school. Syo (now seventeen, not seven) missed out on a lot this year—school musical, dance classes, Pom and cheer, and while our...
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