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Wedding Dress Fabrics
One of the decision that my sister and I had to make was what fabric would be used for her wedding dress. We looked at several fabric stores and ordered many swatches from online stores before we made...
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Making a Wedding Dress
Making this wedding dress was a real adventure. I learned a lot during the process. I started with cutting out all the fabric using a rotary cutter. I bought two large cutting mats and covered my...
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The “Last” Fitting
So I did the last fitting, or so I thought. The dress needs to be taken in! At the sides and back! Which means I have to take out the beautiful zipper! I was able to mark the hem, but not pin down the...
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The Wedding Dress Day
After another fitting the dress was perfect. I tacked down the lace, sewed on buttons from my aunt’s dress and added a bustle. The dress was ready for it’s big day. I also had time to sew the flower...
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The Hello Kitty Backpack
During my daughter’s first year in Kindergarten she went through 2 backpacks! We had ripping and broken zippers. I have gotten so fed up with the kid backpacks I decided to make one. My daughter wanted...
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Pinkie Pie Costume
This year my daughter wants to dress up as Pinkie Pie for Halloween. If you don’t know who Pinkie Pie is she is a My Little Pony. After looking at some commercial costumes of Pinkie Pie, I decided I...
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Agent P Costume
My son wants to be Agent P (aka Perry the Platypus) for Halloween. If you don’t know who Agent P is, he is a secret agent (Agent P) and a pet (Perry the Platypus) on the Disney show Phineas and Ferb. I...
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Pinkie Pie Costume Finished
I completed my daughter’s halloween costume. It was fairly easy. I used Butterick 3238 and just added a mane and tail. I had to add a extra seam to the hood to insert the mane.
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Agent P Costume Finished
I finished the Agent P costume. I used McCall’s 4945. I made changes to the hood to add a beak. I also added a beaver tail which I self drafted. I made a cross back seam to sew the tail into. I also...
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Gift for my New Niece
My sister was expecting a baby, so I made her a bunch of items. She was born a little early but I got all the items to my sister in time. Check out what I made: (I blurred the baby’s name for privacy)...
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PatternReview.com Wardrobe Contest
I am entering the PatternReview.com Wardrobe Contest which starts on February 1st and goes to March 31st. I have to make 10 items that all coordinate. 2 items have to be tops, 2 items have to be...
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Vogue 8817
I finished sewing my first item for the Wardrobe contest. At first started with Butterick 6213 but I had some trouble sewing it up and decided to take a break from it. So I sewed up Vogue 8817. This...
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Simplicity 1199
My original plan was to make Butterick 6136, but it turned out I didn’t have enough fabric since I had two 1 yard cuts of the fabric which both shrank to less than 1 yard. So I changed to using...
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Vogue 9171
I loved the look of this tunic on the model, not so much on me. However I love the fabric so much, I will still wear this tunic often. The fabric I found at an online store that I had come upon, called...
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