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…And The Dance Is Friday
The neighbor girl called me in a panic. The dance is Friday. She has a date. But, the dress….oh, the dress. “It was only $12. Can you make it work? PLEASE?!” Well….. First, was to find some fabric...
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Disappointing But Not Unexpected
Lace dresses are all the rage right now. Daughter has been longing for one…and I had some sheet lace in my big pile of junk. But it is white lace and the dresses she dreams of are colored. Having...
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A Green Dress
Daughter wanted a green dress…Notice, I didn’t say NEEDED….and she knew she didn’t need it…but she did WANT it. I told her that after the lace dress (see a few entries back) I wasn’t making a new dress...
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Logistical Difficulties
This bowl was a thrift store find for 25-cents. Somehow when I looked at it I saw “pincushion.” But, I wanted it to be a pincushion with a difference. After all, why waste the bowl. Sadly, though, I...
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Trying Again
If at first you don’t succeed…throw yourself in the floor Try Again! Yes, sometimes “good” ideas just don’t work. So, I tore apart that failed attempt at a pincushion (see previous post) and looked at...
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Because I Was Sketching In Church or REFASHION TUTORIAL: Scarf Edition
Last Sunday, I was sitting in services and trying to pay attention when an Idea came to mind. I immediately sketched it out on my planner. Sparkle Jane leaned over and asked, “What is that?” I said,...
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The King Is Here
A few weeks ago I posted this picture as preview and asked for guesses. Wow, you guys are astute and creative. The guesses were really close, really creative, or both. i cannot imagine what that is...
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Refashioning Those Shorts
A little over a year ago Husband’s favorite shorts were sent to the fabric-in-the-shape-of pile. And there they sat. Last week, Daughter’s swimming pool bag was declared dead, too, and not even good...
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Refashion Challenge: Does Barbie Count?
If you have not been following the Refashion Runway challenge sponsored by the Renegade Seamstress, you have been missing out. This week, I felt up to the challenge of a copycat refashion to match a...
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Refashion Nip And Tuck
While radical refashions are fun for the surprise element, often garments just need a nip and tuck to give them a new life and a new look. Take this dress, for instance. The fabric is a pretty floral...
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Refashion Runway Season Two. Featuring….ME!?!
Exciting news. Season two of the Refashion Runway is underway, and I am one of the lucky contestants. It is a friendly refashioning sew-off, complete with challenges, voting and elimination (and...
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Refashion Runway: Plaid
Refashion Runway Season Two is underway, and the challenge is plaid. Emma, a baby of my acquaintance, needed a new outfit and I had this shirt that came in a hand me down bag, but it didn’t quite fit....
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Everything Old Is New Again: Refashioning
Remember Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O’Hara and her green curtain dress? As I am working on the second Refashion Runway challenge, Emerald Green, it is on my mind. Lesson: Use what you have. Make it...
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Refashion Runway: Emerald Green
Emerald Green? There is a wide open Refashion Runway challenge. But, emerald green items were hard to find. Perhaps because it is the Pantone 2013 Color of the Year, in fashion and snapped up in...
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Refashion Runway Week Three: Peplum
What is peplum anyway? A dictionary definition might be something like: A short overskirt or ruffle attached at the waistline of a jacket, blouse, or dress. It comes from a Greek word, peplos, that...
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Refashion Runway Sewalong Week Four: Leather
After reading the misadventures of the other refashionistas on Refashion Runway, I am more grateful than ever for my Grandma Mary’s Pfaff 130. While I struggled with the different drape and handling...
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Refashion Runway Sewalong Week Five: Halloween
What to be for Halloween? Cowgirl? Indian? Fairy? As Daughter has grown, the answers have changed. This year, when she saw the pile I collected for a costume, what she was most of all was...
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Band Concert And You Know What That Means: Dress Refashion
We started with a pretty enough dress for $5 from the thrift store. Sparkle Jane didn’t need a dress, but, I did have an excuse: Band concert. We had the dress in advance. We even went before...
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Beth’s Webinar
You will want to check this out! Beth, the Renegade Seamstress, is doing a webinar for Burda Style the end of the month. She does great work and has such a fun personality it is sure to be a winner....
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Another Step
In my previous post, I challenged my dear readers to guess what I was making. Susan, who must know me well, guessed it was a costume. Well done, Susan. It is indeed a costume. Among Young Son’s many...
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