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Luke Pepper as The Edge (The Story of a Custom-Made Skull/Beanie Cap)

Interested in a custom made “Edge” beanie? I am no longer making them, but you can contact my friend Courtenay. She has taken over the business, original patterns included. Contact her via email:...

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Copying A Retro Apron – Part 1

I am copying a retro apron for a friend. Here is the original apron. I love looking at ready-to-wear garments and assessing how they’re constructed; I learn something every time. For instance, with...

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A Skirt for B.

For a wedding we attended two weeks ago, I made this skirt for B.. Oddly enough, it is the same size as the one I made her two years ago, also for a wedding. She grew taller, but not wider, and this...

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Fold Over Elastic Beginnings: Undergarments and As Binding on Tank Top

It took me half the day yesterday to get started on some sewing projects. The kids left early in the AM and I spent the morning sort of piddling, doing this and that. Then I started sewing and stuff...

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Tank Top With Fold-Over Elastic As Binding: Video Tutorial

Hey, all! I promised I would show you how to use the fold-over elastic as binding on a tank top and the easiest way to do it was to make a video slideshow. If you are using fold-over elastic for a...

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Girls in Tank Tops

I couldn’t wait for the girls to get home to give them the tank tops I made, using fold-over elastic as the binding on the arms and neck. So I sent the tops to California. And what I got back is this...

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Copying A Retro Apron – Part 2

It’s about time! I finally got back to copying the retro apron that I started in June. (See Copying A Retro Apron – Part 1 for how I created the pattern from a ready-to-wear apron). I couldn’t...

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Weekend Sewing

I had such a productive sewing weekend, getting ready to go on vacation. I woke up today feeling a little relaxed because most of what I needed to sew, prior to departing, is done! These two pictures...

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Pjs for Me

I’ve been on a sewing marathon. But now it is over. After three days of almost non-stop sewing, I feel good. (And tired of those machines.) The last project I did today was to make two sets of pjs for...

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Jeff’s Merino Wool Skull Cap – Beanie Hat

Our five-day Thanksgiving break has been wonderful! We’ve enjoyed the downtime immensely – almost surprisingly so. I mean, we didn’t realize how much we needed the break. The kids – mostly C. – are...

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My Very Own Merino Wool Baselayer Shirts

These are the 100% merino wool interlock shirts I just finished for myself. They all started out in the natural color and then I dyed them. Two blue, one brown and one black. The pic of me in blue is...

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Adjustable Low-Shank Binder Foot for my Bernina

I really get excited about sewing, as you probably know by now. And I love using binding, both on woven and knit fabrics. I have a coverstitch machine and a binder accessory for that, and while it...

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Girls’ Nightgowns and Boys’ PJ Pants

I am not making Christmas pjs for my children this year. I made them pjs and wool shirts a few months ago when they really needed them. But a friend needed help sewing her kids Christmas pjs, and since...

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Bernina Straight Stitch Foot #13

Thought I’d show you one of the new sewing machine feet I got recently. This is Bernina’s #13 straight-stitch foot. It is good for (quoting from Bernina.com) “all straight stitch work such as seaming,...

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Easy Cutting with Cardboard Patterns

Do you have patterns that see frequent use — or do you have to cut many of them out at one sitting? Converting those paper patterns to cardboard will be a great help. This is what I have done with my...

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B. Is Sewing Pants

Very sweet. B. wants pants like mine. I happen to have much linen (purchased when on sale). I have not had much time for sewing lately, at least, not as much as I would like. So I told B. yesterday...

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B.’s Pants

B. finished a second pair of pants after starting out the other day. The pants she is wearing in this picture are from rip-stop cotton blend that I got for pennies at the thrift store. I have enough...

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