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Black and white and a little dressy

By on November 20, 2017

Back in the summer I made my girl a dress that I thought would work for her choir concerts this year.  Nope!  The girl needed a black bottoms and white top for her choir concert, so back to the sewing machine I went. She said she wanted a “flowy” top and I got to choose […]

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drafting | RTW Copies | Sample sewing | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

Pretty purple jacket

By on November 12, 2017

Here is my last sample piece for the current round open at Fabric Anthropology (whew!  I made 5 this time!).  This is the purple watercolor and it is another very pretty color.  The watercolor feature makes it have some pretty gradients going throughout the print. I drafted up this jacket and sewed it in about […]

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Anti-heroes

By on November 1, 2017

The boy doesn’t get much sewing done for himself lately, since he basically just wears t-shirts, a hoodie, and athletic pants.  Not super exciting for mama to sew. When this new pre-order round came up at Fabric Anthropology, I knew he would love to get Venom sewed up for him!  This pre-order is full of […]

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