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Finished Garment: Jenny in Black

August 31, 2011
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Finished Garment: Jenny in Black

As many of you know I made 2 Jenny skirts using assembly line methods and they turned out pretty awesome!  The first one is made in a black Italian wool with striped cotton lining and a hand sewn invisible zipper.  I made this BurdaStyle pattern in size 38, cause I got big hips (every time…

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What I’m working on: Week 2

August 29, 2011
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What I’m working on: Week 2

This week I’m working on finding a job! On the sewing front I’m going to work on a few new projects and an old one. I started and almost finished a blouse last night.  When I went to my button stash to finish the blouse and didn’t find any buttons that were suitable.  I do…

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Finished Garment: Maybe Chantilly

August 25, 2011
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Finished Garment: Maybe Chantilly

It is finished!  I started this dress in May, then went to Paris, then moved, then had all the wedding chaos, then went to Costa Rica, then unpacked, then started looking for a job and then over 3 months after I started it I finished this dress! I made the Chantilly pattern from Colette Patterns…

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What I’m working on: Week 1

August 23, 2011
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What I’m working on: Week 1

I’m going to attempt a weekly post of what I hope to get done in the week ahead.  This week is a very exciting week for me as I have 2 job interviews at the end of the week.  So I’ll be doing alot of research for these interviews.  I’m also in the process of…

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Finished Garment: KS 3856 for Mom

August 8, 2011
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Finished Garment: KS 3856 for Mom

Mom’s birthday is in a few weeks and like all moms she loves handmade gifts.  Five years ago while shopping to outfit my tiny dorm room, mom bought me a wall tapestry from Target and she loved the print.  I took the tapestry down at the end of my freshman year and added it to…

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Recent Purchases

April 26, 2010
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I just got my new and first Colette Pattern in the mail, Beignet! I’m so excited to get started but the pattern booklet is so beautiful I don’t want to mess it up. I also bought on a whim The Little Black Dress by Simon Henry and I glanced through it, it looks like he…

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