Category: Women’s Sewing
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Cake Hummingbird: In the Wild
Just in time to start in on the Red Velvet Cake Sewalong beginning tomorrow, I finally finished up the Hummingbird skirt from the last Cake Sewalong. If you were following the Flickr group for the Hummingbird sewalong, there was a picture of the top being worn by my dress-form (who should have a name,…
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Corkscrew Cambie
This lovely young lady is my friend Tori. She needed a dress on a tight schedule so she could attend a wedding. Obviously I jumped at the opportunity to revel in creating a confection of satin and chiffon. Actually I said “yes” to the dress-making before I knew exactly what she had in mind…
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Anna Dress: The Jungle Cat Version
Following my Banana Anna, I could hardly wait to make another version; this time in the longer length. As far as I can tell from the multiple versions of this dress I’m seeing getting made up by other sewcialists, the front split seems to be the most popular feature of this dress, but it wouldn’t…
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Banana Anna
What to say about this dress? Obviously it’s just a little bit over the top (understatement?) but still gloriously wearable in my estimation. I tried to tone it down with serious shoes, but this dress just wants to dance. I mean that literally. Pete and I just started taking Salsa lessons, and that’s…
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Vintage Noir
This month’s challenge on The Monthly Stitch was vintage patterns. It was the perfect reason to finally get to a dress I’ve been planning to make for almost a year now. The pattern is Advance 8211, a pattern so good they released it twice. First as Advance 7011 which was unprinted, and the second…
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Aunty Laura’s Confession
I have a confession. A weakness. An unforgivable trait. (Besides being terribly tardy and sporadic in my blog posts. For which I hope my sister will forgive me. Eventually.) No. There is something else. Something that I believe no one else quite understands. Thrift stores. Not that I mean to infer that thrift stores are…
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Lady Skater Dress: and Yet More Gingham
I have several projects that have been cut out and waiting for me for varying amounts of time that I am trying to focus on getting done (and out of my way). In the meantime, I did have one more bit of gingham distraction that I finished up first. This is the Kitschy Coo…
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Lady Skater Dress: Pink Polka Dot Version
Here’s my first version of a pattern that seems to be taking over the internet lately. I’ve already made my second and have plans for at least two more. This is the Lady Skater Dress from Kitschy Coo. I added about 10 inches to the bottom of the skirt. Not quite a maxi…
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Butterick 5032: Mid-Century Furry Capelet
Have you seen the new collaborative sewing group, The Monthly Stitch? The plan is to collect a group of people to sew one thing a month based on the same theme. This month, the first month, the theme is capes. I know I have about a million things in my sewing queue that I need…