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A Big Skirt and a Little Dress

First, exciting news: I have a new sewing machine! No longer will I let the previous beast of a machine torment me! The new machine, a Janome, sews sooo smoothly in comparison..so I have been sewing a lot. Here are a couple of recent finished objects. [Read more]

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Lyra’s Easter Dress

Making Lyra a dress for Easter is starting to look like a tradition. [Read more]

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Happy Pi Day!

We didn’t go with the traditional Pi Day celebration this year. I do love pie, but I’m a cookie person. No doubt about it.

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Adventures in Patternmaking, Part 1: Basic Skirt

I’ve begun working my way through Cal Patch’s Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified, and I am going to chronicle my efforts here. There are five projects in Design-It-Yourself Clothes, meant to be worked in order. If I get through the entire book, I’ll have designed and drafted my own patterns for a skirt, tee shirt, button-up [...]

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Headbands: Best thing ever?

I have discovered headbands! Behold, my child has a face! O.O Headbands have been proven to stay on Lyra up to five times longer than the leading barrette! Keeping lunch out of your hair is a breeze with Headbands! Perhaps the best part of headbands is that they are so easy to make. I can [...]

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