Showing posts with label dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dress. Show all posts
Friday, April 29, 2011

Red dress success!

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I was really pleased with the outfit (and it was comfortable!) and got lots of compliments on it. The Taiwanese folks at the residence were...
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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Figuring out Chinese characters

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Yesterday, I took a photo of the gold character on the fabric and ran over to my friend May's house and asked her to tell me what it was...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

The red Chinese linen

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I have decided to whip up a dress and hopefully some kind of jacket combo in the red linen. My big problem to start with, is that I don'...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

I'm back sewing linen

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I would like to thank all my die-hard fans who keep checking this moribund blog and wishing me well in the comments. Not only am I not dead...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Gala dress muslin creeps along

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Here are the French seams. First you have to sew the pieces together, wrong sides together, with a seam allowance of about 1/4 inch. Then y...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

The gala dress muslin

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Remembering the 52 people killed in London on this day, 4 years ago. It rained on and off all day too, which I always find appropriate. And...
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Monday, July 06, 2009

Starting something new (finally)

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I have given up (for now, at least) on the blue coat. I noticed that the front (interfaced) edges curled in. This made me avoid working on ...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

Prom dress II

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Oy, this dress IS a lot of work! After I had cut out the dress, I went to buy interfacing. The pattern calls for "hair canvas" ...
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