Category Archives: Clothing
Upcycling & Repurposing Clothes
The trend over the past few years is to “go green” with just about anything and everything. There have been famous sculptors that turn trash into art and the latest thing is to take old clothes and change them into … Continue reading
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Colette Patterns Spring Palette Challenge
My husband has introduced me to RSS feeds and since then I’ve been following Colette Patterns. Recently they challenged their readers to start thinking about their spring palette. I’ve never been much for planning or organizing my sewing projects. I … Continue reading
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Mood Fabrics & Leather Impact
A few weeks ago, my mom took me to New York City for a girls’ weekend. We had so much fun shopping, watching Broadway shows, and eating tons of great food. While in New York I wanted to go to … Continue reading
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Fall Fashion
Fall is definitely in the air! I suppose it’s finally time to start thinking about my fall wardrobe. Luckily in the south we can wear fall clothes a very long time. We basically have only two seasons, summer and fall. … Continue reading
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Fitted Fancy
In my last post I mentioned the mock wrap dress wasn’t as fitted as I would like. So now that I have the basic dress pattern recreated I decided take another look at this dress.
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The Last Hurrah!
It’s almost fall here in Greenville, SC but I’m still thinking about sun dresses. I found this fabulous, slightly retro-looking cream and green colored fabric and decided it would look best made into a dress. Funny how you can look … Continue reading
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Retro Comes Back Around
My brother recently returned from Liberia, Africa. He spent a year building wells for Water of Life. He had a great experience and learned a lot about the African Culture. I have always loved traditional African fabric prints – all … Continue reading
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Ella’s Dress
My friend Rebecca had a little girl almost a year ago. For Ella’s first birthday I decided to make her a very “girly” birthday dress. I found two fabrics that I absolutely loved. One a turquoise floral and the other … Continue reading
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Spring Dress
It’s been so long since I’ve posted that I almost forgot how to use WordPress. Things have been so busy lately that I haven’t had a chance to sew since Christmas. Hopefully spring will allow me to sew more. I … Continue reading
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That’s A Wrap!
My pattern making teacher showed us how to make a fun and super easy wrap. This pattern calls for only one yard of fleece fabric, a serger and some scissors. It was so much fun to make that I’m giving … Continue reading
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