Category Archive: Sewing

Oct
17

Make a Mobile Monday!

Ok the Monday was completely unnecessary… but it started with an M! Anyway – Mobiles are cool! Let’s face it – since we were kids we’ve wanted to hang stuff from the ceiling, it was just something you HAD to do, and of course the Authority Figure probably wouldn’t let you even if you could …

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Sep
21

Rockabilly Doll Dress From Vintage Sweet Sue Pattern

I decided to sew one of the Sweet Sue dresses from my vinatge pattern collection, although I couldn’t decide which of the 6 to do so I went and dug around in my fabric stash to see what I could come up with. From my new fabric bins I pulled: And from the vintage bins …

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Sep
14

Fascinator (Tiny Top Hat) Pattern

Better Homes and Gardens issue of Halloween Tricks & Treats has got a pattern for a tiny little Top Hat – also known as a Fascinator. The magazine is $5.99 US and has lots of other nifty Halloween ideas in it but I bought it for the Fascinator pattern – and the wicked spread they …

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Sep
10

Project for National Sewing Month

So now the question is… What do I want to make for the National Sewing Month Contest? Well I have tons of vintage patterns… so whatever I make must be vintage… and its got to be a smaller project since I have like zero sewing skills. Here are the contenders:   Simplicity 1336 (left) is …

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Sep
07

National Sewing Month!

  It’s National Sewing Month!!! And there’s a contest… with goodies!!! Just click the picture above to go to NationalSewingMonth.org and get the full contest rules – but the short version is – sew something with a very noticeable heart in it, then take a picture and submit it by September 30th!!! Sorry about all …

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