OK, so not a very creative name for my serger (a Brother 1034D; I know someone's going to ask), but we're still stuck on the baby name, so all my...
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I don't usually include much in the "family life" department on the ol' bloggityblog, but since there's been no sewing this week, I thought I'd share this picture from Father's...
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Some randomness today to prove I'm still here, puttering away...New Book Alert: The folks responsible for "One Yard Wonders", a compilation sewing book due out this October, finally released a...
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Just a minute ago I submitted my final exam for my very last class for my Master's Degree! YAAAAY!!! (to be exclaimed with flailing arms all Kermit-the-Frog-style). I'm...
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Yesterday I decided it was high time to cut into my Anna Maria Horner Good Folks before another year goes by and we're all still looking at the Good Folks...
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Just popping in between school project deadlines to show off another FO. Remember this? Well that little pleated pocket turned into this:It's a reversible tote which started as...
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Warning: This post contains copious amounts of Shameless Family Promotion. Proceed at your own risk...Today Elli (my knitting-superstar seester) posted a new stuffed monster knitting pattern which when I saw...
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One of the things on the top of my list to finish last week was another little toddler backpack:I had had a request from a non-sewing mom to make one...
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This came in the mail last week. My fabric stash is experiencing exponential growth before my very eyes. So I decided I needed to made some rules:Rule 1: May only...
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I'm really sorry about the name. I just couldn't resist. And I'm probably the last person on the planet to hear about "octomom" or whatever, having gotten my...
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I'm spending way too much time staring at this delicious fabric that arrived via post last week. I can't help it. It's just so beautiful. And the...
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[Unrelated but necessary: I just have to say a big thank you to everyone for all of your kind comments and for supporting my shop by purchasing the Buttercup Bag...
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The votes have been checked and tallied and the results are in! Congratulations to Astrid from Denmark who won the most votes for her beautiful striped top! ...
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This week I've been messing around with the Buttercup Bag pattern for Mother's Day presents. As many others have mentioned, I feel the original version is a bit on the...
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Here are the winning tops from each of the ten groups in the Spring Top Week vote held earlier this week:Row 1, left to right:Layla, Kate, Brittney, Kate, CarrieRow 2,...
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