Monthly Archives: March 2010
Project Runway Rundown
So I just watched Project Runway Episode 10 (the design your own fabric challenge). What did I say before, about Jonathan? How I feared for his standing since I liked his designs? Yup, he was bottom 2 this time around. … Continue reading
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Mini-Wardrobe Plotting
Okay, so here’s what I’m thinking for my Pattern Review mini-wardrobe. I’m hoping I can actually pull this off! So far I have skirt A from Butterick 4295 (out of print) cut out in a dark green stretch sateen: As … Continue reading
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Saturday Links
Some Saturday links: Check out this cool bench that Portland, Maine clothing designer Brook DeLorme just had made! The seat shape comes from the shape of sleeve pattern pieces. Here’s a brief article about Conde Nast and the birth of … Continue reading
Leave It Like That
Can’t…restrain…self…Must…post… So I know I just made a post about Vogue’s lovelies in their new summer collection of patterns. And I was trying to be all positive-like and not mention the real head-scratchers, but I can’t help it. Even though … Continue reading
Summer Vogue
The blogosphere’s abuzz about Vogue’s new patterns for summer, and I have to say the new line’s got me excited, too. So why not add my two cents? Besides, there are a few I haven’t seen around on people’s blogs … Continue reading
You Say Auf Weidersehen, I Say No Don’t Go!
We have a little joke in my family: If we like a TV show, we know it’ll be cancelled before too long. Wonderfalls, Joan of Arcadia, Freaks and Geeks, The Unusuals. Among others. It’s not entirely true, of course. West Wing … Continue reading
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I’m NOT Wearin’ That
The summer I turned twenty, I worked as an assistant teacher at a preschool day camp. Well, technically my birthday had been in late spring, not summer, but college had already ended for the year and summer break begun, so … Continue reading
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Book Bit: Wendy Mass
Books, books, books. Because I’m such a fan of the intersection of sewing and story, I thought it wouldn’t be out of place to once and a while profile books with excellent stories here. Books that have nothing to do … Continue reading
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Pleasing Pleats
Before I started designing clothes for myself, I never realized that it didn’t have to be some big, huge production. No need for a mind-blowing concept for a garment that the world has never seen before. You just need to … Continue reading
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Two New Blues
These two Simplicity patterns (2614 for the chambray blouse, 2562 for the trouser jeans) that I finished sewing this week were both fun, easy, and quick. And the most important element: The finished products were keepers. As in, they fit well … Continue reading
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