The past month has been a blur of holidays, work, snow, pattern uploading, school, dance, snow, work, school, seed catalogs, snow and more snow. I’m not one of those people who bitch about winter though and this lovely blanket of white is good news for spring and summer gardening. I also have my [...]
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My mother is here for the weekend, Abby and Em’s 14th birthday was December 2. She brought with her 100+ patterns from her stash, her best friend’s stash and my grandmother’s. The time span is the 30′s to the 80′s and this is in addition to the patterns she gave me in 2008. [...] Click! Click! Gigi and I share a love for 70’s fashion, for me I just love the exuberance, funkiness and humor of that decade. Dresses and coats are my favorite 70’s looks and I could not resist this style from Pattern Junkie’s Etsy store. The plan is for View 2. There is a zipper [...] So what you you think? Is this style dated? It’s from 1994. I still really like it. This has been in my stash for maybe 10 years. Back in the 90′s I would have made it from slinky, fortunately today’s knits have the same great drape without slinky’s weight and tendency to [...]
This is the first Butterick pattern I’ve done in years, which is strange because when I was young Butterick was my favorite Big 4 line; they had really great fashion forward looks. If you don’t believe me just go onto any vintage pattern site and look at 60′s and 70′s Buttericks. [...] There was no way I could resist the new Hot Patterns Boudoir of Bliss collection. Trudy has definitely tapped into a pent up demand for lingerie patterns, which are woefully underrepresented in home sewing. I go to the lingerie section of the Big 4 every season only to see the same 5 patterns [...] copyright 2009 Lindsay T Sews Again When Lindsay blogged about these faux-tortoise giant snaps I fell in love! Then I noticed in the Latest 8/2009 Burda Style that they would be really great on jacket #119. So I called Pacific Trimming, emailed them the photo and they did an order. Its been about two years since I’ve [...] For some reason I’ve made plenty of Burda World of Fashion patterns over the years, but I have never made up one of their envelope patterns. Another thing I never realized until yesterday is that Jo-Ann’s discounts Burda 40% every day just like the Big 4. Have I been living in some alternate [...] 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 [...] |
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