Monday, May 21, 2007

Up to the cuffs

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I now know to turn off the strong incandescent light over my ironing board, before I take a photo. Then the flash on the camera goes off an...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Jacket about half done

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Just a little update, as I won't get back to this until tomorrow. I am forging ahead with the regular sewing of pieces together and tho...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Starting to sew the Jacket

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This morning, I sewed all the main vertical seams on the fronts and back, trimmed the seams, ironed them and then topstitched them in a flat...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Continuing the jacket prep work

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I was wrong - my mother noticed the weave. It was a pleasure to have my parents here for the Mother's Day weekend, especially after all...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Another jean jacket and some other things

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This is a jacket that I have had on my mind for quite some time now. I have also had the twill fabrics sitting in my stash boxes for a whil...
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Saturday, May 05, 2007

The Dress is Done

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I measured between the dart locations and decided to use a piece of elastic 6 inches long and stretch it over 8 inches of waistline at the ...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Almost finished the dress

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So my dress is nearly complete and I make my husband go to the sewing room to admire it on the dummy. He says, "are you really going t...
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Summer Dress Continued...

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Sometimes I out-smart myself and then, when I fix the problem, I figure it's good that I am smart enough to fix the problem but I wish I...
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Friday, April 27, 2007

Sleeveless Summer Dress

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My new project is a summer dress. Inspired by A Dress A Day , I got some new dress patterns recently and have been wanting the try them out...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I'm back with baby clothes! Not for me (thank goodness)

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All's well that ends well. It has taken me forever to get back to sewing and blogging but here I am again. Mum made a complete recover...
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Hems and fitting a vest

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A few odds and ends today. Someone asked in the comments, when I was making the purple coat, about what stitch I used on the hem. I tend t...
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