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Monnet painting Dress
1 commentthis summer I feel especially cheerful, eager to have something with bright colors.. love this dress. I blogged it here. you can see more photos of it. it is a burda envoloped pattern, bridal dress...
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Variation on Simplicity 2580
This is one of my favorite knit dress patterns and I've made several variations on it. In this variation, I lengthened the bodice and added a waist/back band. For more photos and information...
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Vogue 8787 - Stripes!
I had some fun playing around with stripes in this version of Vogue 8787. Please visit my blog post for more photos and information! http://poldapop.blogspot.com/2013/04/vogue-8787-stripiness.html
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Simple Little Dark Blue Dress with vintage twist
4 commentsSimple Little Dark Blue Dress with vintage twist based on the Butterick pattern B5396. The dress is fully lined and have kick pleat at the back hem. Check my blog http://wp.me/p2yS5n-By
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Dark Blue Jacket
1 commentDark Blue Jacket based on Vogue pattern V8161 (OOP) with my adjustments and I have made the full lined version. http://wp.me/p2yS5n-By
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The theater dress
3 commentsThis is a dress I made for my daughter to replicate one I saw in a women's clothing catalog. The pattern comes from the November issue of the Burda magazine, called the "theater dress". I made it in...
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My Duplicate Dress Form
4 commentsInspired by Kenneth King's lesson on dress form covers and the great results by sewing bloggers I decided to give this a try. I wanted to take it a step further and make my form decorative as well as...
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Princess Line Dress
2 commentsThe 'Fan Dress' is my favourite outfit at the moment. It is a simple Princess line which suits my shape and is easy to sew. The fabric is quiting cotton which is my favourite to sew and wear: stable...
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Flynn Rider and Rapunzel from Tangled
This year, my family got the opportunity to attend the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party in Walt Disney World. We knew we had to do something Disney themed, and Tangled fit perfectly, I have...
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Modern Medusa
I had so much fun this Halloween! Because my five young children decided on costumes at the last second, I got to feel like I was on project runway-- trying to get Tinkerbelle, Rosetta, two Aquabats...
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Oscar & Mia, dressed to impress!
2 commentsOscar is dressed in his tux. His bow tie matches his sister's dress. Mia is wearing her sun dress. Patterns wear designed and sewn by me. They really like getting dressed up. They get excited when...
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Little Miss Owl
My 17-month old daughter in the owl costume designed and made just for her. I cut 2" x 2 " squares from fabric scraps, then trimmed for a more feather-like look and sewed them in staggered rows...
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Marvin and the Taliban
This is my daughter and her boyfriend. Every year she gets me to make her halloween costume. In addtion, I sometimes make her boyfriends or her little pugs comsutmes. This year I broke my arm, so...
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Custom Mermaid Costume
Every year, my workplace decorates the office for Halloween and all the staff members wear costumes based on a theme. When the team decided on the theme "the Pirate Ship", I decided that this was the...
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The Evil Queen and Prince from Snow White
I actually made these costumes in 2007. The idea came from my daughter, who teased me with the title of Evil Queen. My husband and I wore these to a costume party that year and on Halloween to give...
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Ironman
Me wearing my Ironman custume. Full suit took about 6 months to make. The base of all the parts were made out of card stock paper. Then strenthen with firberglass cloth and resin. To paint it I...
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The 1950s Cupcake Dress!
1 commentHere is the latest 1950s dress I just sewed! It was made using the new 1958 Party Dress Pattern from http://www.sensibility.com , and was a blast to make and to wear. This dress was made from a white...
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Little Pencil Skirt with links to tutorial
I'm craving fall skirts these days, made from warm wool, pieces that can be layered over tights. When it gets a little colder, I think this little red number will do just the trick. I drafted the...
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Yellow Eyelet Sundress
6 commentsThis dress made for my daughter was inspired by an Oscar de la Renta dress in Vogue Magazine and Susan Khalje's dress on the cover of Threads #159. She requested it to be made in bright yellow. The...
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Cloth Diapers III
Cloth diapers save so much money. I decided to try my hand at making them myself. I would have to say that my favorite place for the lining is Wazoodles. They have this great super absorbent...
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Cloth Diapers I
Cloth diapers save so much money. I decided to try my hand at making them myself. I would have to say that my favorite place for the lining is Wazoodles. They have this great super absorbent...
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Easter dress
3 commentsSo far I've discovered I need to have family/friends take better pictures of me. Since discovering I "lost" so much knowledge from so many things from chemotherapy I have just involved myself in...
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Pants that finally fit
Finally I figured out the method to pants that fit. Read the back story to my perfect pants at www.WeSew.blogspot.com
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Orange Evening Dress
3 commentsI had a wedding to go to and I simply wasn't in the mood to canvas the city for a dress that would fit my 'now' mature figure. Not to mention something that covers my arms, is not too short or...
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SouthernSewingDiva
This corset was build to custom order. I used a drill interlinng with a coutil liner. It needed a lot of strengh,t due to the Full steel boning. The weight of this garment taught me alot about...
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my first wedding dress
Doing a wedding dress in 2 weeks for a pregnant bride-to-be is not easy....I did so many stupid mistakes (forgot the put interfacing, broke the zipper...) it was as if I just started making dresses ...
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Lights,Glamour,Action gala in Pgh for the Oscars
My daughters best friend won tickets to the Pgh. Galas LIGHTS,GLAMOUR,ACTION for OSCAR nite. Holly is 6" and size 22-24, hard to buy evening wear for in such short notice. So to the sketchboard we...
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The Construction of Bras
4 commentsNobody talks about bras. At least in the patternmaking and sewing world. Tons upon tons of pattern making and sewing books exist for dresses, blouses, jackets, etc, but nothing on bras. And why not...
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How to hem jeans and keep original hem
3 commentsHemming jeans is simple… unless you want to keep the original hem. Those creative jeans companies usually use heavy/thick gold thread to decorate the inseams, outseams, waistbands, hems, and...
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Project in Progress
5 commentsApril 28th is the big day. My dear friend Meme (we've known each other since nursery. We fought over who was Kristen French's best friend, me or her. I won) is getting married and as I have said...
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New Look Pleated Bodice Dress
10 commentsThis is a recent dress made using New Look 6067. I love the obi belt and the pleated bodice. Very stylish dress for work or play. More on how I made it on my...
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Salvatore Ferragamo Inspired Coat - Simplicity 2812
5 commentsBlack and white houndstooth is every where this fall. I guess we can credit Salvatore Ferragamo for that. The fabric was a gift and this fall I decided to go ahead with sewing it up. It was...
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A Salute to Navy Uniforms!
6 commentsThe military paid my way through college. Thank God I was in the Navy because out of all the military services and uniforms, I think the Navy's fit the best! Yes, I took a pattern off my...
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fun and flashy funky pary dress
Love the sequin.. make my own patterns and designs based off what my 6 yr. old says is pretty. I Am a stay at home mom from nursing with a sewing addiction with no schooling and never use a...
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China Silk Wedding
1 commentWhen my daughter Jessica asked me to make her wedding dress, I immediately agreed! She saw a photo in a magazine of a dress she adored, and so it began. Like most of my sewing projects, it...
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my idea of french fashion
My challenge was to use material I've had forever. Velvet back with complimentary dress color and hot pink to set it all off. I have a 6 yr. old and made her an outfit from her...
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Ceris drawings to fashion
1 commentThis is my daughters drawings of her stick person on the top, including the tophat... her idea of green and hot pink together with flowers adorned. Not sure if the uploaded pic shows it ...
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Happy Birthday to me- let the party begin
1 commentI made this ensemble by combining 2 different patterns. The jacket was created using an o-o-p McCall's pattern 5816. The skirt was made primarily from Vogue 8583. However it became too...
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Strapless dupioni party dress
I made this dress to wear to wedding soon. It's made with polyester Dupioni in wine, invisible zipper in the back, fully lined, boning in the bodice, and 6" wide strech lace around the waist and hem...
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Becky Piette's Holiday Ensemble
My 3-piece holiday ensemble consists of a blue spandex textured cocktail dress and jacket with a silver fringed handbag. The dress and jacket are fully lined. To avoid darting the dress...
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