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Gah. I hadn't realized that it's been nearly two months since I've posted anything here. I have gotten a few messages and emails wondering where I've been, and I thank everyone who has sent those.The...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (And Other News) (12-Feb-2016)
So of course, the next week after I decide that I'm going to scale back my pattern roundup posts, due to releases slowing down, we actually get a fairly interesting crop of new patterns. Enjoy!Panic on...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (5-Feb-2016)
Sorry about not posting for a few weeks, but the pattern releases have been trickling in this winter. I'm seriously considering scaling back this post series to an every-other-week (or even...
View ArticleFriday Housekeeping from 2015, etc. (15-Jan-2016)
I don't have a pattern roundup post this week because we only saw one major new pattern release and an expansion pack (that I'm aware of). So, instead of a pattern roundup, I'm writing a housekeeping...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (8-Jan-2016)
First pattern roundup of the new year! Not surprisingly, we've got several batches of new patterns to go through.Colette/SeamworkSimplicity StyleArcVogueColette/Seamwork: January 2016 Issue ("The Body...
View ArticleTop 5 Reflections and Goals from 2015
Boy, I really am dragging this Top 5 thing out, aren't I? To be fair, though, I think I've done a "goals" post every year that I've been regularly blogging. This one is a little late this year due to...
View ArticleTop 5 Misses and Hits of 2015
Yeah, I'm a little late to the party here, but I was busy with a lot of recent writing over at the CSC, plus there was a health crisis with a close family member that killed my sewing and writing time....
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (18-Dec-2015)
We had a fairly quiet week in pattern releases this past week, as many people start to wind things down for the holiday season. Here's who released patterns this past week (okay, the McCall's release...
View ArticleThis Week (and Last) in Patterns (aka Sweatshirtpalooza!) (11-Dec-2015)
If by any chance you were wondering about my absence last week, I had been knocked on my butt by the respiratory virus that's been going around. I could barely get out of bed, so writing any sort of...
View ArticleFinished Project: StyleArc - Misty Jeans (v2)
I just did something that I almost NEVER do: I made the same pattern twice in one month. Seriously, I consider a pattern to be a big winner when I keep it in my "queue" pile and don't put it away after...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (27-Nov-2015)
I'm doing an abridged version of my roundup post this week as here in the US, we are in the middle of a long, Thanksgiving holiday weekend.Cutting to the chase, here are links to what we saw released...
View ArticleFinished Project: HotPatterns 1169 Classix Nouveau Refined Peasant Blouse (v2)
Ever since I made my original version of HotPatterns Refined Peasant Blouse last summer, I've been wanting to add another one to my closet. I've been wearing the first version that I made nearly every...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (20-Nov-2015)
Happy Friday, everyone! We've got a short round-up this week, which is probably a bit of a relief for both you and me considering that I squeezed in two project posts over the course of the past...
View ArticleFinished Project: StyleArc - Misty Jeans
I've had the pattern for the StyleArc Misty pull-on jeans in my stash for about six months now, but I'd been on the fence as to whether to try that pattern or the similar Jalie Eleanor jeans, if I were...
View ArticleFinished Project: Closet Case Files - Clare Coat (Tester Version)
I have been dying to talk about this coat project. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you could probably tell that based on all of the hints that I'd been dropping about a really well-done coat...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (13-Nov-2015)
I don't have much of a roundup this week because there weren't any actual releases. I do have a few pattern-related updates to share, though.Blank Slate Patterns Curvy Sewing CollectiveHotPatterns...
View ArticleFinished Project: Blank Slate Patterns - Fiesta Frock (Tester Version)
To those my readers who wonder why I don't sew more for my daughter...muahahahaha... After last week's robot costume post, this week's dress post, I still have yet another unblogged dress that I made...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (6-Nov-2015)
Can you believe that it's November already? I've been making good headway on my sewing goals for fall, but I can tell that a number of the garments that I'd planned to make (and still plan to make)...
View ArticleFinished Project: McCall's 6814 - Children's costumes
You know it's a bad sign for a sewing project when you have to Google one of the notions from the pattern notion list because you've never heard of it before.For the record, "headliner fabric" is a...
View ArticleThis Week in Patterns (30-Oct-2015)
Happy almost Halloween! I am so far behind on my project blogging, it's not even funny. Over at the CSC, I've been busy working on a few things that I hope you'll all like, or at least find...
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