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Keeping a sewing 'done list'

This is somewhat of a follow-on to my last post: 'Making time to sew'. At work I came across Oliver Burkeman's blog and, in particularly,...

Making time to sew

For those of you who are wondering and/or have asked me - yes, I am still working on the Tamarack Jacket. Four months and counting...I...

I'm back!

It has been a while...a long while! I see my last post was in April - more than 7 months ago! In my defense, I live just outside of the...

McCall's Hazel dress (M7774)

For the past few weeks I have been sewing McCall's Hazel dress C pattern (M7774). This is a misses dress, so I sewed a size 12 for...

Back from my travels

I'm back! I got back home about 2 weeks ago after a 7 week roadtrip! It was amazing and everything I hoped it could be. 2 weeks each in...

On-the-road sewing

Two days ago my cousin and I headed out on a cross-country roadtrip. As I write this, we are in Nebraska almost to our first destination:...

Pleasant Activity Scheduling

I recently learned of something called 'pleasant activity scheduling' from the Mentally Strong People podcast by Amy Morin. In her 49th...

Batik fabric from Ghana

This week I have been making just the top pattern of the Calvin Wrap Dress by TrueBias. I chose a fabric I bought probably 11-13 years...

You won't know until you try

I finished it! Earlier this month I posted about going sew-rogue and trying to sew a shirt (err ok, it turned into a dress) without a...

On making mistakes

Mistakes are how we grow in sewing, much like how we grow in everything in our lives. Yesterday as I was going sew-rogue I made many,...

Going sew-rogue

Today I spent a good portion of the day messing around with an idea for a shirt in my mind. However, what I got was a dress! And not a...

Fabric tingles again

Get a medium-weight fabric that has a shiny side to it and join two pieces together. Consider the shiny side as the 'right' side. Then...

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