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Click! Click! Lately I’ve been trolling vintage pattern web sites, mostly because it’s just so much fun and there is serious style out there that still looks good today. This weekend on Patterns From The Past I found Simplicity 6284 that I actually wore! (you need to scroll down the page to find [...] Click! Click! Miss Cranky Pants is banished, this skirt managed to exorcise her! Recent projects by Gigi and Bunny inspired me to dig through my stash of heirloom trims and use them up. I did a lot of heirloom sewing when my daughters were young, but they outgrew those styles long [...] Click! Click! New England is sweating away in the heatwave and this dress is kind of timely. One thing I remember from childhood are seasonal fabrics that have virtually disappeared from summer, old favorites such as madras, seersucker and dotted swiss come to mind. Gigi made a wonderful top from dotted Swiss and [...] New Look 6755 is a close match for the white wrap blouse I love from Lucky’s 50′s Italian Riviera spread. All I need to do is take the sleeve from View A and the collar from View B minus the ruffle. The Banana Republic original in made from stretch cotton, [...] Can you find my mistake? This Patti Page song was in my mind while I was making this shirt. Fabric invokes memory and as soon as I saw this patchwork on Gorgeous Fabrics I knew I had to have it; when I was kid in California I had a madras shirt that I loved so [...] I learned to embroider when I was about 7, and I was maybe 14 when I made this shirt. The pattern is long gone, but it’s Big 4, probably Butterick because back in those days (and unlike today) it was actually a trendy line and my favorite. The fabric is a truly wretched synthetic pretty typical of that [...] Click for a Closer View Click for a Closer View
This Friday Ann is hosting Susan Kahlje at the Gorgeous Fabrics Studio and I finally fixed on my project. [...] Normally we don’t travel over Thanksgiving, but this year we’ll be with John’s family in Bucks County and we also have en engagement party that weekend for a cousin of mine. Its an afternoon event so no need for a cocktail dress. That part of Pennsylvania is really beautiful and it will be [...] When I first began to sew one of the hardest things for me to master was choosing the right fabric for a design. While it’s true that thinking outside the box is what fashion is all about, the opposite is also true, and there are some fabrics that are just not suitable used [...] Cell Disruption From Gorgeous Fabrics For about a year now I’ve been obsessed with particle based patterns and I think this is happening because the company I work for, Microfluidics, makes machines that are used to reduce substances to submicron particles. These machines are used to manufacture inks, cosmetics, food, cancer drugs and [...] |
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