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HP Deneuve Tuxedo Shirt – Take Three (Part I) 21 Jun 2011 | 11:22 pm
Good morning readers! Well, let’s first get the obvious out of the way: yes, I’ve been gone for awhile but nothing’s wrong. In fact, everything’s right because I finally, finally, finally got a JOB! Y...
A New Baby! 4 May 2011 | 12:18 pm
I was gifted this beautiful Singer 401A (mid-1950s) about a year ago by someone who is well aware of my obsession with vintage machines. She knew that I would cherish it and that it would be a treasur...
Vogue 1224 Tracy Reese Dress 2 May 2011 | 06:36 am
Things have been very busy for me since I returned from Couture Boot Camp! I am still working on my strapless dress whenever time permits but found myself with a free day today so I thought I’d whip u...
New Look 6454, The Couture Version – Part III 12 Apr 2011 | 11:18 pm
Once the bodice had been hand basted together and I had another fitting, I stitched the dress together by machine. Notice that I took a smidgen off the bust curve of the Princess seam. All of the sea...
New Look 6454, The Couture Version – Part II 6 Apr 2011 | 09:00 pm
Once all of my muslin underlining pieces were traced and cut in mirror image (so that the markings would end up next to the body) they were hand-basted to an additional underlining of silk organza. Ha...
New Look 6454 – The Couture Version, Part I 6 Apr 2011 | 12:21 am
I decided to make a very fitted strapless dress in Couture Boot Camp because a) that’s a tough thing to fit on yourself and b) I’d never done it before! I selected New Look 6454 as my starting point ...
Eight days of wonderful 5 Apr 2011 | 01:13 am
Of course, the week leading up to the eight wonderful days was filled with stress and buckets of tears as I said my final goodbyes to my sweet little Winnie. I can’t believe how quiet the house is wit...
Update on Winnie 16 Mar 2011 | 07:25 am
Sad to say, Winnie’s blood tests point to either mutiple myeloma (a form of cancer) or FIP (feline infectious peritonitis). Dr. Kelly and I decided there is no point in further testing at this time be...
Just checking in… 15 Mar 2011 | 11:13 pm
I apologize for being such a bad blogger this past month. I had company and then I was enlisted to make curtains for my son’s restaurant (not done yet, sigh). Additionally, I have been filling in more...
Kwik-Sew 3000 10 Feb 2011 | 04:09 am
Tomorrow is Bryan’s birthday and he has been hinting that he’d like a spa robe so last night I pulled out this pattern and whipped one up (really, this is a 2-3 hour project). Of course I’ve been mean...
