With checkerboard patterns trending hard, I decided it was finally time to crochet this cute sundress from one of my old 1970s needlework magazines — and I want to share the pattern with you! You could make the full dress or just the top part to have a checkered tank top. Here is the PDF,…
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A sewing first for me… a swimsuit! I’ve been seeing these cute bikini sets with crisscross straps and matching sarongs, but rather than buy one (even though some of them are very inexpensive), I thought: how hard can it be to make? It turned out to be a little bit challenging, but still accomplished in…
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I’ve been on a long hiatus for health reasons. I can’t promise I’m back regularly yet, but I miss sharing my creations with you all. I just finished a dress for my company’s art show and wanted to show you the pictures and go into the details of it. The theme for the art show…
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For Easter Jim and I decided to go out to eat at a Greek restaurant, and the weather looked promising, so I had an excuse to make something out of a very spring-y floral rib knit I fell in love with from the online store Stylish Fabric. I knew I want a fitted midi dress…
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I haven’t posted for a while due to some ongoing (but currently manageable enough) stomach troubles, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been sewing and creating! It’s my favorite thing to do, so it tends to be relaxing even when I’m not feeling so great. I’ve managed to complete 3 projects recently, all from vintage…
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Last year I had the idea to make some paper dolls as a fun way to document my fashion sewing projects. I designed them with a vintage modern look inspired by mid-century illustration, like retro movie-star versions of my boyfriend and myself. Then my old inkjet printer died, so I laid the project aside for…
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Last year I made a red dress for Valentine’s Day, but this year I was inspired by a dress I saw from H&M to make a fancy satin number in ivory. I was almost tempted to buy the H&M dress so I could study the front wrap detail, but I waited so long that it…
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A few years ago, I had a quilted cotton blanket that I loved the look of but never used as a blanket – the size wasn’t right for my bed and I don’t always like the weight of thick cotton blankets. So I thought it might get more use pieced into a fancy coat! For…
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My grandfather (we called him Pap-paw) was many things in his life: a Navy man who served in WWII, a legislator, a coach, a father, a storekeeper, a farmer, a hunter. I ended up with a few of his articles of clothing and have remade 2 of them into all-time favorite garments for myself. First…
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By now many of us are tired of wearing sweatpants day after day, so I decided to make a different kind of sweat suit: a skirt and puff-sleeved top! Made of fleece fabric, it’s warm as a regular jogging set, but way fancier. The fabric is a super soft bamboo/cotton sweatshirt fleece (with a smooth…
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