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San Francisco Mini-Break, Plus Fabric Shopping at Britex

By on January 25, 2013 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Last weekend, I escaped the rain and snow and below zero temperatures of Vancouver, to enjoy the sunny skies of San Francisco! Mr Sewaholic and I made a plan back in December that once we got through the holiday season, we’d treat ourselves to a little getaway. The holiday season can be stressful, so it [...]

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What I Knit on Holidays

By on August 29, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

The great part about knitting? You can do it in a car! (As long as you’re not the one driving, that is. I’m lucky that Mr Sewaholic likes driving more than I do.) Here’s what I made while driving across the United States. Vancouver, BC, Canada to Boise, Idaho: Remember last year I knit Mr [...]

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Road-Trip Fabric Shopping

By on August 20, 2012 in Fabrics

I didn’t buy a lot of fabric on my recent road trip, but I did come home with a few gems! The beauty of buying fabric in Portland (the whole state of Oregon, actually) is that there’s no sales tax. Remember this blog post where we talked about how much tax everyone pays on fabric? [...]

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6,000 kilometres, 5 states and one big adventure!

By on July 31, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Hello everyone, I’m back from holidays! After nearly a month away, I’m excited to get back in the swing of things. I’ve missed you guys and I’ve missed my work! I have a ton of catching up to do but wanted to let you know I made it back safely and share some quick highlights [...]

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Sewaholic takes a holiday!

By on June 28, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Hey, everyone! Exciting news for me. I’m going on holidays starting next week, yay! It’s been years since I had a vacation. And even more importantly, this will be the first time I take a real break since starting Sewaholic Patterns. It’s about time! It’s scary, being away from my business, but I know I’ll [...]

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Fabric in Boston: Winmil Fabrics and Sew-fisticated

Fabric in Boston: Winmil Fabrics and Sew-fisticated

By on August 25, 2010 in Fabrics

It’s a good thing I bought fabric in Boston, or this would be a picture-less post! After losing my photographs to a tragic ‘Card Read Error,’ one of my first thoughts was that I would have no pictures for my Fabric Shopping on Vacation posts. It was almost as sad as losing all of our [...]

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