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Day 11: Red Dress, Red Men

Day 11: Red Dress, Red Men

By on June 18, 2011 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Total slacker that I am, this is the only outfit picture I took during our mini-break last weekend! Since I don’t have a lot of photos of this outfit to share, and I’m behind on the Me-Made posts, I thought I’d squeeze this one in during the weekend. The Details: Dress: Twin Spruce Dress, made [...]

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Threads Features Sewing Hotspots in My Town, Vancouver BC!

Threads Features Sewing Hotspots in My Town, Vancouver BC!

By on June 15, 2011 in Resources, Vancouver Area Resources

I get a ton of emails asking me where they should fabric-shop in Vancouver BC or around the Vancouver area. I keep meaning to write a post, listing my regular sewing shops, the places I’ve never been and want to go, and all of the must-see sewing destinations! Thankfully, Threads put together a comprehensive list [...]

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Tips and Tricks and Other Sewing News

Tips and Tricks and Other Sewing News

By on April 1, 2011 in Tips

Hey everyone! It’s Friday, and it’s the first of April. No, I’m not going to play any sort of silly April Fool’s joke on you. That’s not my style! (And I’m a very literal person, so that kind of joke just makes me mad, as I always fall for it.) Anyways, it’s finally happened. I [...]

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A Massive Thank You!

A Massive Thank You!

By on February 10, 2011 in Inspiration and Everything Else

I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone that responded to yesterday’s survey. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions! It’s only a few minutes of your time but it makes so much difference to me. Especially some of you who said you don’t usually comment, or take polls, but [...]

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A peek inside Dressew

A peek inside Dressew

By on June 18, 2010 in Fabrics, Resources, Vancouver Area Resources

Uh oh… just what I needed! I wandered into Dressew in downtown Vancouver (which is already full of excellent cheap deals) to find they have a half price sale. I’d been dressing people up all morning (volunteering for Dress for Success, which is worthy of its own post someday too) so I had clothes and [...]

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About to cut 50 dollar-a-metre fabric

About to cut 50 dollar-a-metre fabric

By on April 23, 2010 in Future Projects, Projects

Now that the Statement Coat is finished and in my closet, it’s time to get on with the next item on my Top 10 Sewing Projects list. I’m super excited to make a basic black skirt, as it will give me plenty of outfit possibilities for Me-Made-May! The fabric I have was a whopping $50 [...]

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