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Stenciled canvas vest and remade men's shirt combo
This post is about two garments. I'm combining them because I wear them together and think they both look better as an outfit. This makes for a long post which I promised not to do when I started...
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Lynn Mizono Top
I've had this Lynn Mizono's pattern in my to-do pile for over two years. It kept working it's way down the pile. I cut it out over a year ago but never found the right fabric. I first saw Helen Papke...
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As Promised
If you read my last post about the shirt I made from Lynn Mizono's V1274 pattern you will remember that I promised to send along photos of Helen Papke's jacket interpretation.Two sewing pals sent me...
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Men's Shirts into a Vest
I can't seem to get away from using thrift store men's shirts to make women's garments. It probably has something to do with my need to use what I already have. And, I had lots of pieces left from...
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Another Vest
I'm obsessed with vests. They're my go-to sewing/design project when I want to make something I KNOW I'll wear.I've made them out of fleece; big drapy ones that I wear in the winter. I used to...
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Speaking of Vests
Ok, in my last post I told you that I love vests and talked about ones I had made in the past. That got me thinking. So I went upstairs to the closet and pulled out all of the vests that were there....
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Sunday Fun
I usually go to the bunkhouse on Sunday morning and listen to my favorite radio programs. Foremost of which is Prairie Home Companion. It's sort of my church. Church used to be the flea market but...
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Recent Sewing
Life hasn't allowed for a ton of sewing lately. Guests, meetings, travel have all mashed together to keep me away from the bunkhouse. But I'm back at it! I struck a pattern from a tunic my friend,...
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Hats
I made a passel of hats for Many Hands Gallery. It gives me a chance to flex my right brain on several little projects at a time. It's good for me to practice freeform sewing in quick-time; gets the...
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Small Stuff
It's All Small StuffI've been compelled to work on only small items lately. I keep dreaming of making garments but a combination of chilly weather, holiday buying and I don't know what has driven me...
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More Cashmere
Here are a few more items I've made for Many Hands.This sweater was made from several over-dyed cashmeres. I still love the drapy look because it's so attractive on so many figures. Back viewI forgot...
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Polartec Lined Raincoat
Until about a week ago it's been unusually cold on the central coast of California. I kept going into my (very stuffed) coat closet to find something warm enough to wear. There was not one piece I...
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Stretch Denim Jacket
I wear a lot of tunics and never seem to have the right coat or jacket to wear with them. I previously made a version of Katherine Tilton's B5891 (you can see it on my Coats and Jackets page) and...
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Field Trip!
A few sewing pals met up last month to hit the San Jose area for a few sewing/design highlights.First, we visited Fabrics R Us. It's a whacky, stuffed to the rafters store with everything from Ice...
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DOL Santa Barbara and neck bling
I just returned from Montecito where Diane Ericson and Kay Khan held forth on their latest textile ideas.It was a great group of women. Sixteen of us worked our way through ideas we brought and new...
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One Day Wonder
Some times you just gotta sew something you know will work and have something to show at the end of the day.I had just that kind of day last Sunday. The weekend had been a total bust, sewing-wise...in...
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Sleeveless Tunic
Thanks to two sisters, Mary and Patty, some of my best sewing pals, I got a pattern for this sleeveless tunic.I've been wondering what to call it, a vest or a sleeveless tunic. Still wondering.But...
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Fun New Vest (yes, another vest)
Sorry it's been so long, sometimes getting into the sewing studio is just not in the cards. Seems I've been doing some sewing lately but it's mostly hats for sale and working on future patterns.One...
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Summer Sewing
I'm back in the sewing room after a few weeks of meandering through life's little diversions. It feels good to make some useful garments and use pieces in my stash.This first piece is made from one of...
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Dress For Summer
I'm getting ready for DOL Ashland. It starts with a road trip from my Central Coast of California home. I pick up Lisa here in Santa Cruz, head up Highway 101 to pick up Helen in Ukiah, over the...
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