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TWO ROSCOE DRESSES, A TRIED AND TRUE PATTERN FROM TRUE BIAS
My first version of the Roscoe, I made from a piece of baby wale corduroy that I bought when my daughter was a baby. I loved...
MELANGE: BRIDGETOWN BACKLESS DRESS + MCCALLS M0525
Several months have gone by, but I finally promised myself I would get this posted today. It's snowy outside, but not as cold as when...
PATTERN REVIEW SIMPLICITY 8124 BY CYNTHIA ROWLEY
I find myself sewing a lot less from big 4 patterns lately, but I think I've purchased almost every pattern by Cynthia Rowley for Simplicity...
PATTERN REVIEW: SIMPLICITY 8335
It's May Day! We had a cold, rainy/sleety/snowy one here, but that doesn't mean we can't start sewing for Spring anyway. I made this sweet...
WINTER FORMAL IN VELVET
Winter Formal was last weekend. It always helps to plan ahead when making a dress for a special event. This something most sewists have learned...
LAKES MAKERIE ANIMAL FRIENDS: MEET SCHULYER
Allow me to introduce Schuyler. She is thirteen years old and was adopted as a puppy at the Golden Valley Animal Humane Society. She lived...
EVERY DAY STYLE, ESME TUNIC + BELL SLEEVE VARIATION
One of my favorite patterns to sew these says is the Esme tunic/dress from Lotta Jansdotter's latest book Every Day Style. Lotta Jansdotter is known...
SECRET SEWING
One of the things I like about making things by hand is the ability to do what I think of as "secret sewing". This could...