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At last

Posted in Crafty, Fabric, Finished projects, Sewing on December 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I made these for my program coordinator because I wanted something special that would convey just how much I appreciate her. And if there’s anything to get me off my orange kick, this is it. I’ve always loved blue and silver together (they were our wedding colors, in fact) and now I want to [...]

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Time

Posted in Crafty, Fabric, Finished projects, Learning curve, Life happens, My guy on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’m running out of it – time that is. I realized Sunday morning that despite my every attempt, I’ve come up against that point where the only way to get everything done is to not sleep until the day after Christmas.
Most things I can let go, except I’ve flubbed up Jamie’s christmas photo. Usually we [...]

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Choosing colors

Posted in Fabric, Sewing on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I love this idea of looking for color palettes at the grocery store posted at Whip Up. I’ve been stuck on pink and orange forever now, and with few exceptions haven’t strayed in my fabric purchases. Take a look at all the gorgeous choices used in project from Bend the Rules Sewing over at flickr. [...]

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Moo oink baa pjs

Posted in Crafty, Fabric, Finished projects, Learning curve, Sewing on June 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’m in love with these pjs.

The fabric was a gift from my former boss.

She gave it to me when I was pregnant with Jamie and just starting to talk about learning how to sew. It’s been sitting all this time, waiting to be turned into something special. These are short-ish pjs – the pattern is [...]

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Bounty

Posted in Fabric, Finished projects on September 6, 2006 | 1 Comment »

From the garden

Refreshing citrus
Fresh flowers

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Posted in Fabric, Finished projects, Sewing, Thrifty on July 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s some more fabric, from the clearance bin at j caroline creative. A little pricier than the super-clearance stuff at J0Anne, but you get what you pay for and this stuff is scrumptious. Can’t wait to cut into it.

From right to left – black and white is for a bag, middle is for a skirt, [...]

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Bargain basement fabrics

Posted in Fabric, Thrifty on July 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

The current project list is moving slowly. Very slowly. Painfully slowly. Last week was a bad, bad sewing week. I think everything I touched turned out wrong. I am working on a skirt right now that I think will be done tonight, so yay!
I’ve been stocking up on fabric from a variety of sources, and [...]

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