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Can I just say I love anthropologie? I wish they had a store near me. The looks are eclectic, vintage and just my style. But I need to refresh my memory of mixing and matching (and not matchy-matchy) things. My…
paradise
I'm Ann. I've been sewing since I was 9. My first project was a denim wrap skirt. Thrifting is a way of life for me - both eco-chic and financially savvy.
ASG!
So I had a fabulous time at the ASG conference in Chicago! I took three sessions in one day, and did a bit of shopping in the expo. I took Christine Jonson’s perfect sizing worksheet (which confounds me less, and…
I’m off to the ASG!
I’m off to the American Sewing guild conference on thursday night (wish I was going the whole week, but it’s $$ and that’s a lot of time away from the baby.) Hubs is going too, he’s going to watch her,…
I’ve been sewing….and batiking!
Holy cow, I didn’t think I’d batik until baby E. was at least eight or nine years old! But I took her to day care so I could work a half day on my ‘vacation’ (uhm, yeah, self employment, gotta…
thinking about sewing
The baby is asleep in the stroller next to me – it’s too large to wheel into her bedroom (and it’s 5pm, she shouldn’t sleep long anyway). But I’m only able to think about sewing because she’ll be up soon,…
Hey I have sewn a lot of stuff!
This was July 2007’s post: But what if I sewed everything I’m wearing for the next six months. Use up the stash. What could I make? The BurdaStyle Anda dress with nursing overlay. The HotPatterns Sugar Babe outfit with green…
Swimsuit
So last year I bought (size S) a swimsuit for nursing. It has a double-layered front with underlayer that has openings. I can nurse discreetly, cover my belly. But my belly is pretty trim now, and I think I want…
Delray Blues SWAP
I’ve finally made progress with the SWAP! Shown at left is the wrap tube top. I used the Hot Patterns Sugar Babe tube top, drew out a full-width tube top, drew the wrap on to it (I started at just…
sundress in progress
I did the overlay, topstitching (wide, like the jacket), buttonhole and button. Found an oversized one in eggplant purple in my button jar, it’s a great match with the lime linen. But that’s as far as I’ve gotten – the…
cut the sundress!
I took an hour and cut out a nursing sleeveless dress from Elizabeth Lee’s NC 307. I think the big issue with a number of people saying EL patterns are frumpy is the sizing – it’s generous! I cut out…