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Girls in White Dresses
A Warp & Weft Sewing Society project Nothing says summer like girls in white dresses. So for the last day of school, and beginning of summer, everyone got a new white dress. Well, except Kid No 2,...
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Girls in White Dresses Part II
A little while ago I showed you a white dress I made for Kid No 2. But of course Kids 1 and 3 also needed new dresses for summer. A perfect dress for summer. In total I made three Geranium Dresses. I...
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Pattern Testing the Heidi & Finn Cowl Neck Dress
Have you seen the Cowl Neck Dress and Sweater by Heidi & Finn? It is super cute, and oh so trendy. So I was very excited to be a pattern tester for the newest version of the pattern, which now...
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A Blue Gnome Dress (Simplicity 2063)
I think I’ve had this pattern (Simplicity 2063 from the Little Lisette collection by Liesl Gibson) in my stash for ages, but I was looking for just the right fabric. The fabric is amazing. It’s...
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Red Squirrel Dress (Simplicity 2063)
I made the same dress, Simplicity 2063 from the Little Lisette collection by Liesl Gibson, twice over the holidays. This dress is finished with bias tape at the arms. This time I made the size 5, but...
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Turquoise Skater Dresses
In the after-holiday sales I picked up some really bright turquoise French terry. It was only 5$ per metre so I let each kid choose there own piece of clothing. Two chose mini-hudson pants, and two...
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A Quick Summer Dress
It’s been a really, really busy summer. I haven’t had much time to sew and even less to blog. And yet, I still managed to have a blogging backlog. This is the Sugar n’ Spice Romper and Dress by Heidi...
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Sometimes it’s fun to make something quick, easy, and adorable and the Little Girl Skater Dress by Kitschy Coo checks all those boxes. This is the second time I’ve used this pattern. Last time I did...
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So something looks a little different! Last summer I chopped off all my hair, went platinum (yes, blondes do have more fun!) and lost over 30 pounds (more on that in another post). This dress was the...
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Moneta in Stripes
I have recently seen so many gorgeous knit maxi dresses on the web, that I thought it was time I made one too. I was especially impressed by a number of dresses made by some curvier ladies, that looked...
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Girls in White Dresses
A Warp & Weft Sewing Society project Nothing says summer like girls in white dresses. So for the last day of school, and beginning of summer, everyone got a new white dress. Well, except Kid No 2,...
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Girls in White Dresses Part II
A little while ago I showed you a white dress I made for Kid No 2. But of course Kids 1 and 3 also needed new dresses for summer. A perfect dress for summer. In total I made three Geranium Dresses. I...
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Pattern Testing the Heidi & Finn Cowl Neck Dress
Have you seen the Cowl Neck Dress and Sweater by Heidi & Finn? It is super cute, and oh so trendy. So I was very excited to be a pattern tester for the newest version of the pattern, which now...
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A Blue Gnome Dress (Simplicity 2063)
I think I’ve had this pattern (Simplicity 2063 from the Little Lisette collection by Liesl Gibson) in my stash for ages, but I was looking for just the right fabric. The fabric is amazing. It’s...
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Sunshine in the Snow
My latest project was a mistake. I ordered french terry to make a sweatshirt, thinking it was the same fabric I had seen in the store, but I was wrong. Ordering fabric online is hard. Cowl Neck Dress...
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Celadon Spring Dress
This is a bit of a departure – celadon! This is not my colour, but it’s also not my size either. Kid No. 3 wanted a grown-up dress, and this was what she picked: New Look N6696 in a celadon viscose...
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A Simple Grey Dress: McCall’s Learn-to-Sew M8064
Not every sewing project works out the way it is supposed to. But let’s start with what went right. This fabric is a cotton baby rib knit, in grey, from Our Social Fabric. It might be the softest...
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