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As I understand, throughout much of history, for most families, women have held charge of household duties while men went off to work. Within a society so structured, why on earth would a parent send their daughter to learn carpentry when her valuable time would be better spent learning household duties that could mean life…

Since I’ve been sewing more this year than I have been in the previous few, I’m finding I’m also feeling more ambitious in the knitting department. I’ve made scarves and such over the last few years, but I’m feeling like I want to do more. I want to make sweaters, and possibly, at some yet…

This is a special project I’ve been planning since the spring. I usually tend to get inspired more by themes or variations on trends then I do by any one specific thing that I want to copy. This project is an exception to my usual process since I really did try to copy something I’d…

She’s got a look in her eyes here. I think “Top Model” might call it “fierce” Here’s another top for Guinevere out of more fabric from that particular shopping trip to Hancock Fabrics months ago where we perused the clearance section for shirt fabrics.  This is a “real” shirt with a button placket, collar stand,…

I may have overbooked my day somewhat today. Part of it I couldn’t help, I had a work meeting I found out about yesterday that I needed to go into Portland to attend. So I did that, and it made my workday seem very strange. I also decided that I had to finish the Truffle dress…

New Colette patterns debuted today and they are gorgeous.  This is the Anise jacket I am now really determined to figure out what alterations I need to make for myself when working with Colette patterns. And I need to find some jacket fabric in just that shade of pink.

Why I thought white would be a good color for Guinevere to wear all day at school, I don’t know. The fabric is another piece I found on a bargain table at Hancock. It’s a really soft cotton, slightly sheer, not quite as sheer or drapy as a voile, but not crisp like a batiste. I…

I’m a shoe girl. I love new shoes, strange shoes, sparkly shoes, shiny shoes, high-heels, and pink shoes. Every time I do that whole closet clean-out thing where I de-clutter and get rid of some shoes it only opens up space for more shoes to accumulate. I am not so much a purse girl. I…

I finished my Macaron muslin. It is a wearable dress, but probably more for staying at home than for going out. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I do need more practical dresses to live in at home while I’m telecommuting to my day-job. The changes I think I need to make to make this…