I’ve been talking about it for a long time now, and today is the day I get to show off my husband’s 10th Doctor Suit. For my first real ventures into cosplay, my Rose Tyler jacket and this suit have are really big undertakings. Little tiny nothing projects and organization tasks in my sewing room […]
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Ever since my husband and I started watching Doctor Who 3 years back, we’ve kicked around the idea of cosplay. Though we’ve enjoyed all the Doctors and companions, Rose and the 10th Doctor have easily been our favorites. Maybe it’s the fact that we both have similarish coloring to Billie Piper and David Tennant that
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Summer still lingers here so I’m catching up on writing up the last of my summer projects before I move on into my fall makes. Earlier in the summer, I picked up a few t-shirts at the thrift store for refashions. One of them, you already saw me re-make in my Split Flutter Sleeve hack
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Have you ever found yourself inspired by childrens’ clothing? I’ve been on a bit a spree lately sewing these sleeveless shoulder frill tops for my daughter. This particular one is Ottobre 3-2017-2. Ottobre must love the little shoulder frills too because there’s a variant of the same style in every size range in this issue.
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I’m not much of a beachgoer. Blame it on not living anywhere near a beach. But also, I can blame it on my very sunburn prone skin. Summer is often when I either hide from the sun or resign myself to painting myself with enough sunscreen to pass for a layer of primer on a
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Now that you’ve read about my Colors of Flags Challenge makes, check out Episode #2 of Pattern Hacker. You can see my full process for this DIY One Shoulder Ruffle Dress. I’m slowly working the kinks out of my videos and looking forward to more of these types of videos. I’ve really enjoyed producing all
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Periodically, I make a round of button-downs for my boys. I always use the same patterns in whatever size they happen to need for the moment, and I cut a lot of them and I sew them as quickly as I can. This year I needed to change up my pattern as they’ve outgrown
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All of my t-shirts have been slowly wearing out, so at the moment, I have t-shirts on the brain. You know what that means, right? It’s time to dust off my Pinterest boards and get to hacking. This linen split flutter sleeve tee started as a search for something to do with linen knit, and
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This diy lion hoodie and Very Shannon Sally dress are two of the projects I’ve made for my kids of late. The dress was for Easter, though I’m just getting around to writing it up now, and the lion hoodie is the result of a challenge a sewing friend gave me. DIY Lion Hoodie One
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Do you read Faye’s Sewing Adventure? Of course you do. If you do it’s because like me, you are constantly wondering what this prolific blogger is up to. Even if she’s just writing a line or two, Faye always manages to ask engaging questions, and she generously responds. When she announced her Tops that Pop
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