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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Forks as pattern weights

Is this the way you're supposed to weigh down your pattern, so you can trace and cut? Sure! You can do whatever you want to do! I'm a...

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