Pattern Review: Simplicity S8957 Pants
Pattern score: 6! Confusing directions and drawings, but the pants are comfortable and fit well with few alterations. My first YouTube...
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Lelabi
Jan 31, 20233 min
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,...
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Lelabi
Jan 15, 20235 min
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...
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Lelabi
Dec 31, 20222 min
Part 2: the Tamarack Jacket by Grainline Studio - making quilting mistakes
I have been slowly, but diligently working on the Tamarack Jacket by Grainline Studio. In my last post I discussed how the fabric was...
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Lelabi
Nov 22, 20222 min
Part 1: the Tamarack Jacket by Grainline Studio - attempting to quilt
I looked back on my emails and I had ordered the pattern for Grainline Studio's Tamarack Jacket on September 11 of this year. Amongst...
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Lelabi
Nov 17, 20221 min
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...
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Lelabi
Apr 21, 20222 min
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...
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Lelabi
Jul 1, 20214 min
TUTORIAL: Eye mask with pattern
In case you want to skip the introduction and go straight to the good stuff, here's the pattern: Andddd: a link to the materials a link...
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Lelabi
Jun 23, 20213 min
Purposely choosing fabric for the Whittaker dress by Merchant & Mills
This past week I was in New York City visiting a good friend of mine while continuing my currently nomadic lifestyle. While there, I got...
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Lelabi
May 8, 20212 min
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...
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Lelabi
Mar 8, 20211 min
What I brought with me on the road
Good morning from the Denver area! My cousin and I arrived on Saturday night to a lovely little neighborhood outside of Denver where my...
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Lelabi
Mar 6, 20212 min
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:...
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Lelabi
Mar 3, 20212 min
Pleasant Activity Scheduling
I recently learned of something called 'pleasant activity scheduling' from the Mentally Strong People podcast by Amy Morin. In her 49th...
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Lelabi
Mar 1, 20211 min
Finished the Calvin Wrap Dress!
I think that was a first for me - I started and finished a complicated (for me) sewing projects in about 2 weeks (I accidentally left...
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Lelabi
Feb 26, 20212 min
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...
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Lelabi
Feb 23, 20211 min
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...
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Lelabi
Feb 18, 20212 min
Making progress on the Calvin Wrap dress
I am just a few steps away from completing the Calvin Wrap Dress by TrueBias. I have really enjoyed making it. I used to dread having to...
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Lelabi
Feb 17, 20212 min
Buy yourself a rotary cutter
After I had my sewing machine for a few years and I had dilly-dallied with making very very simple things like tablecloths and...
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Lelabi
Feb 16, 20212 min
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,...
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Lelabi
Feb 15, 20212 min
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...
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