Friday, July 24, 2009

Not about sewing so much...

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I'm kind of bummed. As you know, all last winter, I lay around the house feeling like death warmed over from the chemo. It was while I...
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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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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Working on the blue coat (still)

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Why does my life seem so busy and I am not even "gainfully employed outside the home"? I have been working back on the blue coat s...
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Monday, June 08, 2009

Matching purses

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At last! I can allow myself to think about something ELSE. I spent all day Sunday (off and on) sewing up the two matching purses. So cute!...
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Friday, June 05, 2009

Prom dress finished!

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The day before D-Day! I spent 2 and a half hours last night, hand sewing a hand rolled hem. This morning, I put on the finishing touches a...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Prom dress continues, stuck at the zipper

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Well, I thought I could fake the invisible zipper as I have done once before, without the proper invisible zipper foot, but I was wrong. si...
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