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Vogue 8504 The Vogue Woman 26 Aug 2013 | 02:26 am
This is the only pattern left in Vogue’s catalog of designs specifically for women of a certain age. I made it 3 years ago but never reviewed it. It is an orphan no longer since the shockingly yellow...
Journey to Hair 24 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
Folks have commented about my hair since I’ve started blogging about sewing and modeling the garments again. Honestly, it’s kind of difficult to get the focus on the garments when there’s all this wil...
Putting Pieces Together 22 Aug 2013 | 11:32 pm
Mingling the old with the new I’m wearing the lace top and silvery gray tee from McCall’s 6244, made in Dec 2010, and rayon pants purchased in the early 90′s. I have to admit I am so comfortable in b...
Vogue 1364 Easy Warm Weather Jacket 20 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
Sandra Betzina’s summer 2013 jacket pattern, Vogue 1364, is unlined and has no front closing mechanism. Fortunately the pattern is drafted so well the front pieces lie nicely with no need for constant...
More V8915 Tops 8 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Pattern perfected I have been sewing up casual sets for daily wear. This pattern is simply too easy to sew and uses 1 to 1.5 yards of fabric depending on the width. Japanese Cotton left over from mak...
Vogue 8915 New Top 30 Jul 2013 | 08:19 am
Finished this top today in a well-aged cotton sateen. I cut a medium through the shoulders to the bottom of the armscye and flared out to an XXL at the hips. I lengthened it to the length of the XXL ...
Vogue 8915 28 Jul 2013 | 11:24 pm
Quick post today. I have been sewing, or was before I needed to make a quick business trip this week. This is a study of results from sewing V8915. This is a very heavy tencel pant in Extra Extra Lar...
Corn Plot Layout and Dragon Hoses 1 Jul 2013 | 11:16 pm
I plant 200+ corn plants in a modified circle/block so that cross pollination is more effective and I have found that watering with a hose is much easier, too. The blue lines are the hose paths and th...
End of June Garden 24 Jun 2013 | 08:59 pm
The first tomato to show color is a Better Boy. The Roma III paste tomatoes are covered with green tomatoes but none have gotten any color yet. The corn plot is tilled and waiting for the corn seed ...
Garlic Gluttony: Killarney Red 12 Jun 2013 | 07:09 pm
Meet my first garlic bulb: Killarney Red, a rocambole type of garlic. One of its marketing points is that it survives wet soil better than most garlics. Chef Shop says its rare and rich and they charg...
