Monday, December 31, 2007

A gold party blouse

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Happy New Year's Eve! I am pleased that I can still sew quick-like-a-bunny. I found the GOLD fabric and ironed a tiny corner of it. T...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Comparing patterns and making a muslin

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Since I just have hand sewing and the buttons to go on the brown jacket (and therefore I am not really breaking my rule ), and since New Yea...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Almost finished the brown outfit

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Still working on the brown skirt and jacket. The skirt is hemmed and completed now. I sewed seam binding around the skirt and then pinned u...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Happy holidays

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Time flies by when there are other things to do. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I asked my Dad for a lift to the fabric ...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Beautiful fabrics for Christmas

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I had such a nice day yesterday, I have to share it with you. Peter told me that this year for Christmas, he wanted me to get some really n...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The skirt continued

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I am still plugging away at the skirt and jacket, working on the skirt to get it finished first. I am liking this fabric more and more and ...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Continuing with the skirt and jacket

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Everything takes twice as long (or longer) when you obsessively finish the inside as well as the outside of a garment. With the flat fell, e...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Skirt and jacket project

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I have laid out and cut out a skirt and jacket, using the plain beige fabric that is complimentary to the raw silk. Here are both fabrics. I...
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Friday, December 07, 2007

thinking about the next thing

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My dog, I am easily distracted. Last night on Ugly Betty , Wilhelmina Slater was wearing a beautiful outfit and I decided I wanted to make ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Still thinking about the silk

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I am getting inspired by a re-read of Couture Sewing Techniques . Chanel's techniques are discussed in there and it isn't so much t...
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Sunday, December 02, 2007

Another winter skirt, finished

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Here is the back vent on the skirt and in the lining. I want to attach them to each other so that the lining still hangs freely everywhere ...

In the meantime, a zipper replacement

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While I was thinking about my next project and not working on hemming the purple skirt, I decided to tackle replacing the broken zipper in t...

Another winter skirt, continued

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This is a very simple skirt. I got the side seams on the skirt and on the lining sewn up and so the two pieces were now tubes that I could ...
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