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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 [...]
Yesterday I was able to get about ¾ of the way done. The lining is in and all that is left are the sleeves, hem and buttons/buttonholes. Here you can see the pattern pinned and matched at center front; on the upper bodice it turned out out I didn’t have enough [...] Selvage Runs Left to Right Selvage Runs Top to Bottom After cleaning up my sewing room I wasn’t in the mood to cut out a new pattern, so I grabbed my Tried-N-True Hot Patterns Plain & Simple Shirtdress, which I’ll make up in the short sleeve version in this sunny designer cotton from [...] |
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