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I think she's got it! 26 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
A little better, ya think? What a litany of adjustments took place to get here! First I petited the whole thing. This meant: Take a half inch out of upper back at the yoke seam Take the same half in...
Simp 2153, Muslin # 1 25 Aug 2013 | 03:39 am
Well, I guess this nightmare picture says it all! How do you like the hat? I thought it was great over compensation for a day of no makeup and bad hair. I picked it up in a compulsive moment last wee...
Just a Cool Weather Jacket, Simp 2153 22 Aug 2013 | 06:02 am
My mojo has been slowly simmering in the back of my mind the past few weeks while we vacationed and entertained guests. The last guests left Monday and a trip to my cave had me playing with all sorts ...
Fixing a Too Low Armhole 7 Aug 2013 | 05:46 am
As promised here is a post on how I fixed that nasty situation when an armhole is way too low and your bra is showing way too much. It shouldn't be showing at all. This is the Cynthia Rowley dress I p...
Whirlwind Times! 6 Aug 2013 | 06:51 am
It has been a whirlwind two weeks, the beach in Maine, New Hampshire, oral surgery, then Cape Cod, then home, then back to Maine for the wedding for four more days and now we are home and our summer v...
Danny's Project 30 Jul 2013 | 06:09 am
It has taken me a full year to finish this commemorative. If you were reading this blog around a year ago, you may remember that my sweet nephew, Danny, had the illness of schizophrenia take his lif...
The Ironing Chronicles 11 Jul 2013 | 04:35 am
Recently Barb, of Sewing on the Edge, had a fabulous post about ironing. With her usual pithiness and humor she explained her family conversation regarding this domestic duty and it brought a big smil...
Simplicity 2192, The 3-D Sheer Top 7 Jul 2013 | 01:27 pm
Another Cynthia Rowley Simplicity 2192 completed and I am really happy with the results. It was not a difficult project but a very diaphanous, fiddly one. Sewing with sheers is often like sewing air ...
The 3-D Sheer top a la Cynthia Rowley 30 Jun 2013 | 04:46 am
With this project I need to figure out sheer hems on the bottom edge and sleeves and also what to do with the neckline edge. The pattern has the neckline faced. A full facing of georgette would have ...
Goin' Bloglovin! 30 Jun 2013 | 02:38 am
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I've just claimed my blog! I think I am understanding this all. You can now follow me on Bloglovin. I really like the look of their reader, very clean and easy on the ey...
