Border Prints – Ahead of the Curve

I was doing a little internet browsing on ModCloth, one of my favorite internet sites, when I suddenly realized how many skirts and dresses there were with border prints in their store.  I have to say that I was actually really surprised.  When I first decided to make my border print dress I had a…

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Bustier Dress

I liked my Bombshell Bustier Top so much that I decided to make another one. This project started out as another top, but when playing with my fabric, I decided I really wanted to give this project a try as a dress, so I cut off the top to closer to my natural waist line…

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Vintage Border Dress

A while back, I came upon a photo of a dress I absolutely loved. The dress had an amazing vintage feel, and I was simply loving the toile border print across the bottom of the dress.  So, I set about trying to figure out how to make this dress for myself. I never did find…

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Tea Party Dress

I’m very excited to share this dress with you.  It isn’t perfect, but it’s the first piece of clothing I’ve made with no pattern at all. The dress is my own design and came about rather organically during a recent Virtual Craft Nite.  This dress actually started life as a round tablecloth with a great…

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It’s a Craftsy Class

I am currently taking my first ever Craftsy class, and I’m pretty excited about it.  For those of you who don’t know what Craftsy is, it is an online community where you can take video classes to learn new techniques, and create projects. I debated about taking the Sew Retro Perfect Bombshell Dress class for…

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Fashion Friday – Styling the Pastille Dress

As you may remember, I recently made the Pastille Dress from the Colette Patterns Sewing Handbook.  With the way the weather has been, it has been difficult to get out and take good photos of the dress, but when I wore it one day this week I had several people comment on how much they…

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Truffle Dress

The 3rd project in the Colette Patterns Sewing Handbook is called the Truffle Dress. It’s a lovely little sleeveless dress with a simple scoop neck and a decorative ruffle panel on the skirt. In hopes of getting a finished project that was a little less stiff, I decided to get away from poplin (or quilting…

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Back in the Groove

It started with a squeak and with every stitch a new one.  My machine is really due for a service. It’s to be expected with the large number of hours I’ve put on it recently. But the squeak wasn’t the only problem. The first major issue was when my bobbin started pulling multiple threads.  That…

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Pastille Dress

I’ve been working my way through The Colette Sewing Handbook, and have just finished my 2nd sewing project – the Pastille Dress.  The dress came out really well, and I learned lots of new techniques in the process. This project, being at the end of the chapter on fit, was a great chance to do…

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