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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Italy: Santa Croce and the 'Hiatus' Dress
McCall 3939 aka the 'Hiatus' Dress with handmade belt Ness Shoes (from their store in Scotland) My recent trip to Flo...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
1940 around the World: Italy
I love traveling and I feel lucky in that I get to do a fair amount with my day job. I often wonder what places and the people who liv...
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Monday, January 11, 2016
McCall 3953: The 'Tabula Rasa' Dress
Tabula Rasa is Latin for blank slate – both a good moniker for the basic black dress that I can add accessories to and also a good way ...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
Simplicity Reproduction Pattern 8050 from 1941
Well, well, well...lookey here. Simplicity has just reissued one of their vintage patterns: I was super happy to see this since I ha...
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Plans for 2016
I love seeing everyone's blogging and sewing plans for the new year and thought I would share my own plans! I've been really enjoy...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
1940 McCall Project Update
Whoohooo...the end of 2015! I am so excited for a new year. I didn't do a lot of sewing in 2015 because I was so busy with work (a...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
McCall 3606: The Collegiate Christmas Skirt
YAY! Another 1940 McCall make! Many of you know that I'm on a mission to sew up as many of these patterns from the year 1940 as pos...
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Monday, December 28, 2015
Simplicity 3688: Holiday Graffiti Trousers
Awww...Simplicity 3688...how I love thee. This is my TNT (tried 'n true) trouser pattern. This time I made it up in a earthy brown ...
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Friday, December 25, 2015
The Thin Man: My Favourite Holiday Movie
We have a new holiday tradition – watching the 'Thin Man' movie. Filmed in 1934, it features two of my favourite actors together,...
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