Saturday, April 30, 2011

An embarrassment of riches

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Now that I've finished the red linen outfit, I am on to new things. I have been thinking about this double-sided (two layered) fabric I...
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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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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Red linen dress and jacket

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Into the home stretch! I have to wear it in two days, so I'd better be getting finished. On the Friday, some of us going to the charit...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Red linen dress

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I have been cutting and cutting and marking and pinning. Now I am sewing. I am doing my usual "assembly line" procedure, sewing a...
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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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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Placemats and stuff

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I do like making some things for other people, especially when I'm working with nice fabric. I started by tearing all the placemat side...
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

The blue suit

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I said I was going to wear it and I did. I asked Peter to take a picture of me just before I left for class: I look like I'm holding my...
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Sunday, April 03, 2011

Wedding presents

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I have two weddings to attend this summer for people who don't know each other and will never meet, so I am making the same thing for ea...
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