Wednesday, July 30, 2008

White denim jacket and skirt

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I decided to use the 3 or more yards of white "ten ounce" denim I have and make it into a jacket and skirt. Not to wear all toget...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Man's casual shirt

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Vroom! Bird shirt done! We have had some wet summer so far so maybe this bright shirt will perk things up. If nothing else, they will see ...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Navy linen outfit, finished

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Done! Well, mostly anyway. I have put a line of basting down the edge of the facing, to keep it from bagging at the bottom, which is often ...
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Navy linen outfit

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I have been picking away at the navy outfit. Once I am almost done an outfit, I tend to lose momentum because I start thinking about the ne...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

I has a ham!

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Well that was the most thorough breast exam I've ever had. And the mammogram was the least objectionable. Those women know what they a...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Meanwhile...

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I was right - I ran out of seam binding. I have done the entire under-arm seam, both sides of the seam, on one side of the jacket but still...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Navy linen outfit

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Forging ahead. But first, I had a question on an old post about sewing skirt linings to the zipper tape. On the recent linen skirt and on ...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Navy linen outfit

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July 14 I have put the zipper in the navy skirt. (It doesn't look navy at all, but that's a trick of the light.) As usual, I machin...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Catching up

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Where does the time go?? I can't believe it has been weeks since I blogged and this time, I don't even have the excuse that I went ...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

We interrupt this for a message from our sponsor (me)

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Last day of June and my Dad's 80th birthday! Happy birthday, Dad (even though I am pretty sure you are not reading my sewing blog). I ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Silk top

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While I was (still am) thinking about the buttons for the linen jacket, I made the silk top. I used a modified Butterick 4056 pattern. I fo...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Linen outfit, jacket

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On to finishing touches. I am hemming the skirt tonight but that's a simple proposition. I have put on all the seam binding and hemmed ...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Linen outfit, jacket

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The sleeves are on! After I sewed them on, I finished that seam with bias tape. It was kind of fiddly work. There were places along the se...
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