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How I Shop for Fabric
My Freespirit rep dropped off a half ton of fabric samples for my enjoyment today. I think I’m getting better at this fabric selection thing. I’m much faster and not nearly as overwhelmed by all...
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My handmade holiday
I didn’t make as many gifts this year as I have in some years past but I did manage to get a few things done. I haven’t managed to post about Steve’s wine making attempt this fall. Someday I’ll try...
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New Fabric: Basic Grey & Sandy Gervais
I started this post back on Dec. 16th and for some reason it never got published. Never mind, it is still gorgeous new fabric. ENJOY! (Oh and tomorrow and Saturday it will be 20% off along with all my...
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Misc. Messy Stuff
I am having a bad case of scatter brain lately. I feel like I have a lot of different things going on in my world, life and brain and I’m having a hard time focusing on any of them. Whenever I...
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Just checking online stuff before heading out for the weekend and found a nice convo in my Etsy inbox. It informed me that I was “top fived” by AllegrasCloset in a street team interview. Pretty cool.
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New Fabric!
Some new goodies were delivered this week. (See the link in the right-hand column for my etsy shop) First off I picked out a few of my favorites from Lila Tueller’s newest line, Santorini. (Note that...
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Where to Begin?
Project Stash VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I have a lot of projects in my cue. Since I’ve been back to apparel sewing again in a big way I’ve started accruing quite a pile of patterns and fabric and...
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Setting Priorities
I have been stashing fabric and projects like the end of the world were coming or something. Seriously. I decided it might be best if I document them all here and make a list to prioritize what needs...
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Just keep swimming
I promised yesterday to post about my next sewing obsession, sewing my own swimsuits. I recently had to take Emma shopping for a one piece swimsuit for “swim gym”. It is mid-January in Illinois, I...
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When Worlds Collide
Last week at work we received a new shipment of fabric from Moda. The new Summerville collection. I had the job of pricing and cutting the fat quarters before preparing it to put out on the floor. I...
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