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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 [...] 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 [...]
Click for a Closer View Click for a Closer View I just love the embellishment on this Marc Jacobs cape! I’ll pass on the scarf since I’m not planning to enter a convent any time soon; however the cape and embellishments are easy to do. M&J Trimming has a great selection of glass stones in [...] Ever have a project that goes great until the very end? That’s what happened here. My Bernina broke down with yet another mysterious problem literally as soon as I got it home from a servicing (to fix the last problem and my tech is a 60 minute drive both ways). So I had no choice but to make hand worked [...] I sewed over a pin and the needle broke on my Bernina; one piece fell into the bobbin case and now I have major stitching problems. Le sigh. So the machine is on its way to Neverett’s in Nashua NH and I’ll just have to get it back before I can finish my coat. But here [...] #gallery-1 { Today I put together a quick muslin for my trench coat; this is a 14 and the back and front bodice pieces were each narrowed 1/2 inch. McCall’s sloper seems to have the same wide back and shoulder as [...] lin1670 from Gorgeous Fabrics I need to take a break from the Rucci dress; so the next project will be McCall’s 5525 in View D. We’re expected to get a foot of snow today (I did plant peas yesterday though!) and even though spring is only 3 weeks away I need something cheerful and [...] |
 Phyllis - one of the original "Sewing Divas". |
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