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The Neverending Wrap Dress: Vogue 8827

Doesn’t this woman look classy. Try as I might, though, no dress is going to flatten my chest and cause … More

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Mr Roboto Dress: This Was Not a Halloween Costume

I was, perhaps, inappropriately enthusiastic about making a dress out of some wool/silk blend I’d picked up at Fabric Mart. … More

diy, pattern review, sewing, sewing patterns, silk-wool pique, Vogue 8902, vogue patterns

Shot at Redemption: Colette Myrtle, with Sleeves.

I was pretty grump after making my first Colette Myrtle, and I really wasn’t planning on a second one. But … More

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For Other People’s Weddings: Midsummer Night’s Dream Pattern Review

This Papercut Patterns dress has been in my brain for the better part of a year. When I really gave … More

diy, dresses, midsummer night's dream, midsummer night's dream dress, papercut patterns, pattern review, sewing

Anima Evolution; Or, “Baby, There are Sequins Everywhere”

   I had an irrational desire to buy this pattern. Completely irrational, because in my pre wedding dress sewing days** my … More

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Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Butterick 5211 Review

When I see a three-piece pattern labelled “FAST& EASY FASHION EXPRESS 1 HOUR PATTERN”. I think: That’s probably a lie. … More

B5211, Butterick, pattern review, patterns, sewing

I Am a Hack: Wedding Dress Practice Dress Completed

  This is the hackiest, hacky frankenpattern dress. It was pretty touch and go there for a while, but in … More

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Wasted in the Wild

So, I’m traveling and away from the sewing machine. But! Here are some photos of the reversible silk top I … More

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Help. Wedding Dress Practice A Complete Failure.

  See. Failure. I was so effing pleased with myself last night putting in that invisible zipper. Looked so pretty … More

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Wedding Dress Project: Fourth Time’s the Charm?

Here it is! I think she’s done — or, I am at least.

bodice block, diy, fundamentals of patternmaking, godets, sewing, wedding dress

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