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WORK-APPROPRIATE SECRET PAJAMAS!: ONE DRESS, THREE WAYS
This post originally appeared on the Cali Fabrics blog. Fabric for the dress below was provided by Cali Fabrics. Despite loving the style of sheath dresses, I tend to wear them only on business formal days because they’re so uncomfortable. Enter the Lodo dress – comfortable enough to wear any time of the day or night.…
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Tried and True Sewing?
A version of this post originally appeared on the Cali Fabrics blog. The fabrics were provided by Cali Fabrics. I wrote last week about my new favorite #tnt pattern, Simplicity 2444. This led me to think about tried and true patterns vs new patterns. In my mind, there are two types of sewists – those…
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My new #TNT dress – Simplicity 2444
I fell in love with a new pattern – Simplicity 2444! It is a great basic bodice/full skirt pattern. It was part of the Project Runway collaboration so there are several variations so you can “design” your own dress. I always find those variations funny because most of them are things that anyone could do…
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Me Made May 2018 : Week 2
Day 7: Rae Skirt by Sewaholic Patterns in rayon challis from Cali Fabrics Day 8: Emery Dress by Christine Haynes in quilting cotton from JoAnn’s. Day 9: Alex Shirtdress by Sew Over It in rayon challis by Rifle Paper Co bought at Finch Sewing Studio. Day 10: McCalls 7081 shirtdress in quilting cotton. This was…
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Royal Wedding Sewalong – the lemon dress!
This is the second dress I made for the Royal Wedding Sewalong – I couldn’t stop at just one Royal Wedding dress, a girl has to have options if she is going to meet the queen 😉 See my first dress here. This one is made from another stretch sateen from Stylemaker Fabrics. I…
The Library of Alexandra 