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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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And Old Buttons!
5 commentsAlong with sewing I enjoy making porcelain buttons. I taught myself how to make plaster molds of my antique button collection and buttons from designs I have made. Using antique books I...
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Cupcake Party Dress & Coat
Talk about I love to sew! I am a Grandma of 8 beautiful grandkids. and Thank you for giving me this oppunity to make my 2yr old grand daughter this party dress. Dress- is a 2T Cupcake pattern lined...
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Fashion Week Party
Normal 0 0 1 172 983 8 1 1207 11.1287 0 0 0 This look I threw together for a party during New York Fashion Week. The shirt is made from blue and white cotton gingham I purchased from my...
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Spring Garden Party Ensemble
1 commentNormal 0 0 1 291 1660 13 3 2038 11.1287 0 0 0 I designed and created this ensemble for a friend's Springtime Garden Party. I knew it would be a wonderful party with wonderful friends so I...
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In honor of our Soldiers
I was asked to make an Army costume for one of my grandsons for Halloween, if I could. I didn't have a specific pattern for the costume, I just used a basic shirt and pant pattern that I had...
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Black baby cord pants & vest
Black baby cord with white contrast topstitching. Pants have suspenders and button detail. (purchased turtleneck)
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Sea Turtle Shirt
Simplicity #3852, boy's size large. Sea turtle fabric printed in Hawaii. Fabric print matched at center front, pocket and back yoke. Top stitched. Turtle applique with lettering. Quilting cottons...
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1936 McCall jacket
6 commentsThis is my second rendition of this 1936 McCall jacket pattern 8944. (The first one, in seersucker, has also been posted in Reader's Closet, along with the original pattern illustration.)
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Crazy Shirt
2 commentsThere's a reason why it looks like I mugged a couch, and drapes to make this shirt. I purchased this fabric on-line to make a pillow, but once I had it in my hands, I wanted to wear it. I used...
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Cowboy Shirt
1 commentJust another simple shirt for my husband. He loves the crazy shirts for performing, and this fabric has been getting alot of attention. As usual, I used Simplicity 2741.
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Restyled Denim Jacket
3 commentsAs soon as I read Kenneth King’s Kermit Green Jacket (12/14/10) I went out to the thrift store to see if the nearly identical, but tomato red jacket with the same fraying issues was...
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The Making of a Memory
I wanted to share a project with you that I just finished. I had a convo in my Etsy shop from a young lady who"s mother had passed away. She wanted to know if I could do a custom order for 3 bags...
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Button Magic
3 commentsI found this fabric at a flea market for $5. It still had the Newbury's (the old five and dime store) $.97/yard price tag on it. I washed it and prayed that it didn't fall apart from dry...
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Happy Valentines Day!
My dear friend let me choose any type of dress for her wedding. To complement her halter-style, backless, very sleek and slim gown, I chose a halter-style, backless but very full skirted about...
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Starry Starry Night
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Aspen Birch (Buttons of Bas)
1 commentHello Everyone, I am new to the blog scene so please bare with me, I found this site searching for polymer clay buttons online. What a great idea, I love this kind of stuff, and I'm hoping there is a...
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The cast of 2007's Surf's Up - Cody Maverick, Big Z, and Chicken Joe
1 commentI had to make everything by hand. My materials were fleece, felt, craft foam (masks, wings, tails, and and tattoo like marking appliques on character's chests), two boas (black for big z hair, yellow...
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MAD Hatter
I made this Mad hatter costume for a friend of mine, Brian Brady(in the pictures). I made the entire costume from my own pattern I made. I made the long, coat out of cordoroy. The cuffs are...
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1890's Victoriana Day Outfit.
I made the skirt from a Truly Victorian pattern TV 292 Bell Skirt. The base fabric is a gray colonial strip quilting cotton. The trim is 10 mts of light pink double faced satin ribbon and a beautiful...
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Needle Felted Swirly Jacket
9 commentsA lined, fitted jacket with asymmetrical collar and front closing, princess seams and shoulder pads. I purchased the swirly felted wool jacket fabric while on vacation in Innsbruck, Austria a...
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Some broochs
1 commentThis brooch is very automnal accesory. Can you put in your jacket, jersey or bag. I hope that you like it. Sorry but my english isn't too good.
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Simple sewing projects
These are my newest project. Not done as good as I would like to be but is a start for small wall hangings for children and anyone really. Two small plastic rings sewn to back for hanging ease...
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Seeing with new eyes
1 commentThe article in Threads issue 144 "Well Vested" gave me some new vision. I noticed that as there was no facing my piece of rayon that was the same on both sides would work. It turned out...
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Umbrella Linen Skirt and Jacket
3 commentsUmbrella Skirt and Jacket My 8-gored skirt and matching short-sleeve jacket are constructed from a white antique linen tablecloth that I found in Buenos Aires. The linen is a...
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Easy Summer Linen Jacket
2 commentsFor easy summer sewing I used Loes Hinse's Bolero Jacket #5106 which I had used before and liked the casual fit & ease of construction - no interfacing, no lining. The fabric is a medium weight...
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Summer Stripes
1 commentI started with only 1 yard each of the green/periwinkle iridescent linen and the striped linen and a half yard of the periwinkel ribbed linen. Because I wanted a jacket, skirt and top I...
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Handkerchief Linen Boy's Shirt
3 commentsHandkerchief Linen Boy's Shirt. Machine embroidery featured on center front box pleat. French seams at shoulders and side seams. Serger finished seam allowances along facings, armscyes, and...
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Restyled T-shirts
10 commentsWhat can we do with the T-shirts we don't wear anymore, but they are still new or look new? Everyone has T shirts in their closet. We either give them away, throw them, or use itnbspas...
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Strike It Rich Gold Trenchcoat
5 commentsThis was an easy and versitile coat to make, I made it out of gold drapery taffeta that has jaquard lines throughout the fabric. I found the most beautiful rhinestone buttons and it just so...
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book of pockets, back pack
7 commentsI designed these items because I needed something I could not find. If you are like me and want a product that is different yet functional check my shop out nbsp...
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Fairy dress
1 commentThis wonderful design is beautiful and comfortable at the same time. It has a unique braided neckline, empire waist and a skirt covered in gathered petals. When you spin, the dress looks amazing! The...
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