I have to admit that reading your comments on the Orange Washi Dress post last week made me freak out, just a little bit. For one thing, it made me...
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UPDATE: The Washi Dress sewing pattern is now available hereIt's been just over a month since I posted the Washi Dress and I can tell from the emails and comments...
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Hi everyone! I had such a fantastic weekend. Mr Rae's parents had the kids for four days so Mr Rae and I got to have a nice relaxing "stay-cation" at...
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UPDATE: The Washi Dress sewing pattern is now available here.Last week I made this dress out of a few yards of Washi I had previously designated for a skirt. When...
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Another spring top today! Made with Liberty cotton lawn purchased at Purl and the same pattern as the Hello Pilgrim dress.This one was completed just before leaving for New York...
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Alright, here's another spring top by moi...made with the same striped knit as Elliot's tee (posted last week, see that link for fabric source), and yes, he asks me to...
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I had the most AMAZING time in Atlanta this past weekend!! I can't wait to show you photos. In the meantime, I've got to post some of the backlog of...
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It's 50 degrees today in Michigan. WOOOHOOOO!!! Perfect weather for my new, fabulous velveteen and voile scarf.I have a big crush on this velveteen print by Anna Maria Horner, and...
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Another project started in New York at the Heather Ross workshop, made with Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks voile (also used for this Pierrot top for Clementine) and a variation...
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Thanks for all of the great suggestions on machines and ideas for sewing with Elliot on the last post! It's so fun to hear about your own experiences and what...
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I really love sewing with knits. It used to be more of a fierce loathing, but I've since realized that this has less to do with some innate fault of...
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And another project just for me, this red gathered skirt with covered buttons and pockets.Made with a very breezy-flowy Kaffe Fassett shot cotton in the color called Persimmon. It's pretty...
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I finished a couple things for myself a couple weeks ago, a little selfish sewing for ME! First up is this lightweight and breezy top in the palest butter yellow:As...
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I'm pretty sure my grandma wore variations of each of these tops with white polyester pants back in the eighties. Anthro seems to be pushing the look pretty hard, it's...
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I made a skirt for me!!!Like most of my selfish-sewing projects, it was supposed to be an utterly simple quick sew (I mean, it's basically two pieces of fabric wrapped...
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