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January 6, 2014

Aaaaand finally


The final family Christmas present was a tie for Dad. The hardest part of tie making is finding good fabric - you need to buy special tie silk (which so far I've only found...

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January 5, 2014

Coating Continues…


Next step: my first ever tracing-off of a RTW garment! Admittedly, a very, very small project but a trace-off nonetheless. For the non-sewing-minded among you, this is where you copy a piece of clothing you...

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January 2, 2014

Muslining the day away


Well, I was none too pleased with my last coat muslin. It was just sort of... hanging there. So! Out came the ever-brilliant Fit for Real People, and I got to some hard-core adjusting....

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January 1, 2014

Mini Mum


Next up in the Christmas present queue: Mum! This was a funny one: there was me, getting all confident about sewing for everyone, and then, a reminder that I still have a long way to...

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December 30, 2013

The Christmas Collection


At last! I spent most of November and December sewing, but I couldn't reveal anything, because they were all Christmas presents. I fear that I may have set too high a precedent for family...

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