I love

A few weeks ago in church my friend D was performing her usual Sunday routine. After her daughter L leaves the sanctuary to go to children’s church, D goes through her “mini methodist doodle pad” and pulls out her pictures to take home. She showed me this one, and I couldn’t help myself. “Give me [...]

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Belated birthday sewing

Or, another artsy clutch:

This one was sent to my friend Austina recently as a very, very, very belated birthday gift. I used heavy iron-in interfacing with this one and switched the orientation. I like both modifications very much. The fabric is from JoAnn. The outer is a wonderful corduroy that I found in the seconds [...]

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Smiley-face pjs

Smiley-face pjs, originally uploaded by ally.o.
It’s not art, but it’s a finished project by gum. Made from one of MD’s old t-shirts. I can’t believe it but it’s my first non-purse pocket. They’ve scared me for some reason…?? Anyway, Jamie’s thrilled that his pjs have a pocket.

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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

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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