Meringue Skirt

The Meringue Skirt is the first official sewing project in The Colette Sewing Handbook, and it was a lot of fun to make.  With simple instructions, and easy to follow diagrams, this pattern went together in a matter of hours. The first thing I did, when working on this project was make myself up a…

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Precise Patterns

I am fortunate enough to have fairly good luck finding clothes that fit me at the store, though I often take them in to my favorite seamstress for a few adjustments.  What my closet lacks, though, are those statement pieces that say something about who I am as a person.  For that reason, I’d love…

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The Local Quilt Shop

The local quilt shop, or LQS as it’s known in the blogosphere, has been making a comeback in my area.  Even if I exclude the big box stores like Hobby Lobby and JoAnn’s there are no less than half a dozen quilting stores in my area.  This is really exciting for me, because I love…

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Thoughtful Plans

I’m working my way through The Colette Sewing Handbook to help me learn some new sewing techniques, particularly the ones involved in making clothes. I’m amazed at how well written this book is.  Not only am I leaning how to do some cool new things, I’ve also found new and interesting ways to look at…

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Simple Gathered Skirt

I recently saw a super cute skirt tutorial on Pinterest for Simple Simon & Co.’s Vintagely Modern Skirt.  I fell in love with it pretty much immediately. The one problem?  The tutorial is really for a little kid’s skirt. Well, I tried it anyway.  And I’m happy to report that it looks great even with…

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Quick and Easy Projects

As many large projects as I work on, sometimes it’s nice to have a quick and simple project.  Thanks to Anna over at Noodlehead, I have a super fun and easy project to do when I need a break – or run out of the fabric I need to finish the project I’m supposed to…

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A Sewing Handbook

I loved making my Colette Mini Bloomers so much that I want to learn more about sewing clothes.  To that end, I’ve picked up a copy of The Colette Sewing Handbook.  My goal is to work my way through the entire book, learning some useful skills and techniques along the way. I’ll be updating my…

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I Can Sew Clothes

Thanks to all the great people I’ve met online recently (mostly thru the #talknt tweetchat), I’ve really be inspired to spend more time in my sewing dungeon – also known as the basement. I’ve managed to piece, quilt, and bind a lap quilt, put together a Weekender Bag with matching Brush Roll, a complete the…

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My Amy Butler Weekender Bag

In my last post I mentioned that I was making a Weekender Bag.  I’m happy to say that it’s done! The project uses a ton of fabric and the pattern was a bit difficult for me to follow, but I’m blaming that on the fact that I’ve never had to read a pattern before.  After…

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