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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Put a Bird on It: The Delphine Tropical Bird Skirt
It is right that my first sewn item after over HALF A YEAR of NOT SEWING (eeks!) is a summer skirt with giant birds on it? Well, I ...
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Tartan and Taffy
Happy Robert Burns' birthday! I'm still working on my 1940 tartan dress but realized I had a nearly finished Taffy blouse (fro...
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Monday, June 25, 2012
The Big Day
Ta da! Here's David on his graduation day in the Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket, white tie vest, bowtie and kilt hose flashes! Doesn...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Starting at the Beginning: The Bonnie Prince Charlie Jacket
I've been a busy bee sewing up a storm over here at My Happy Sewing Place. You may recall that I set out at the beginning of June to ma...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Black Forest Meringue
In taking a break from sewing up my 1912 outfit , I decided to tackle another project with scallops (because, apparently, I've gone...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
{Blogiversary Week} The 'Hawk's Eye View' Dress
My new dress is from the BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook that I got for free as part of the Sew Weekly challenge this week! I'm so curious...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
FO: The Highland ghost pyjamas...
I had fun telling the story of my latest creation--flannel pyjama bottoms through scary halloween photoboards! For a less ghoulish write-up...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
FO: The 99 Luftballoons Dress
Wow! What a whirlwind week! I have a bit of catching up to do and the first thing I want to share is my dress that I finished last wee...
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