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Pretty & Pink Bag

Pretty & Pink Bag

This bag is a total upscycle other than the hand dyed wools used to  make the flowers and stem appliques. The pink body is a felted wool sweater, orginally from the GAP, but picked up at the local...

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Shades of Summer

Shades of Summer

This is a small piece of free-motion and hand quilted raw edged applique that I intend to make part of a casual lightweight jacket. Holding out for the warm weather here in the North East!

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Steal Your Face Jean Applique Jacket

Steal Your Face Jean Applique Jacket

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Inspired by the festivals I went to last summer and the music of the Grateful Dead, I created this upcycled jean jacket, going for a real bohemian marakesh style feel. This jean jacket has been...

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Simplicity/Threads 2591

Simplicity/Threads 2591

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A friend sent me some vintage fabric she found in her attic while preparing to move. I set it aside, and waited for it to tell me what to do with it. I came across Simplicity's pattern 2591 from the...

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Repurposed Applique Tote

Repurposed Applique Tote

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This tote is made using a beautiful piece of hand dyed damask tablecloth with an intricate design which I machine appliqued onto it. The piece of appliqued fabric was intended to be a focal design...

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Red Poppy Appliqued Reclaimed Cashmere Scarf

Red Poppy Appliqued Reclaimed Cashmere Scarf

where sophistication meets bohemian, ...where consumerism meets environmentalism ....where luxury meets affordability .....where east coast chic meets west coast grunge ......where comfort meets ...

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Crepe-back satin cherry-blossom jacket

Crepe-back satin cherry-blossom jacket

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Burgandy satin cropped jacket is appliquéd with cherry blossoms in shades of cream, pink, and metallic gold, topstitched in gold.

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Red letter jacket for Valentines Day

Red 'letter' jacket for Valentine's Day

Red lame-based black velvet is beautifully shaped into a cropped jacket with asymmetrical front.  Appliqued ‘love letters’ and foreign postcards are complemented with imprinted...

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Falling Leaves Patchwork Jacket

Falling Leaves Patchwork Jacket

Please put my name in the hat for the rotary cutter giveaway.  I'd love to win! I loved the way these fabrics looked while they was in a pile on the floor.  So I decided to make a jacket...

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A  Satin Stitch Adds Elegant Detail to Quilts and Garments

A Satin Stitch Adds Elegant Detail to Quilts and Garments

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When you want to add a little zing to the surface of your project, sometimes the simplest stitch gives the best results.

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The Cat Linen Dress

The Cat Linen Dress

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I made this for my daughter's second birthday. I wanted to go for the linen look that they show in the Japanese sewing books. I bought all the fabric from JoAnn's fabric store. I made my own pattern...

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