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Little Letter Dress: McCalls 7743

By on May 13, 2013 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

It’s finished! My second version of McCalls 7743 is complete. I’ve called it the Little Letter Dress because that’s what the fabric is called. (So uncreative, I know. This is why I stick to a  theme when naming my patterns. It’s easy to name the next one when they’re all named for Vancouver area places [...]

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A Successful Skirt from a Failed Dress

By on March 25, 2013 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

Happy Monday, everyone! Check it out, I made a new skirt. The fabric is simple cotton but the print is gorgeous, all floral and spring-like and painterly. It may not be the most interesting sewing project ever, but it almost didn’t happen! In its previous life, this fabric was a failed dress project, doomed to [...]

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Autumn Cambie: Sewing Ugly Fabric Into Something Pretty

By on March 11, 2013 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

What do you guys think of this fabric? Ugly, sort of? A bit of a weird print? It’s a cotton twill, slightly heavier than a quilting-weight cotton but much drapier than expected. I was drawn to the autumnal colours when I bought it, but looking at it next to some of the prettier, brighter coloured [...]

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Blue Rose Hazel

By on February 25, 2013 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

Here’s a new floral dress to add to my wardrobe – Hazel! I sure know what I like – colourful, printed, feminine dresses. Dresses like this are so easy to wear. I’ll add a cardigan, boots and tights in the winter, maybe even an extra pair of socks on top of the tights and a [...]

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A Thing I Made and Never Blogged

By on December 7, 2012 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

Sometimes things don’t turn out like we want them to. Sometimes we have a vision, and once the vision comes to life it isn’t good. Even if it’s well-made! I sewed up the dress in today’s post way back in the summer, after coming in on a weekend to sew for fun. I was feeling [...]

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A Wintery Chantilly

By on October 29, 2012 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

I made another Chantilly Dress! It’s getting a little too cold outside for this dress, but that doesn’t matter. I can layer it up and when summer comes around again, I’ll have a new dress in the rotation. I made this on the same day as the lace underwear. The big plan was to go [...]

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