I always feels pangs of slight jealousy when the first big snow of the year hits the East Coast. I'm a NY-er by birth, grew up in Connecticut, and had plenty of snow during those years. The big Saturday storm looks pretty in all the blog and news...
Topics: McCall, tops

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I hate malls even when it's not the holidays. So any excuse to stay away from stores today works for me and I've spent most of the day in the sewing room. (I should be sewing gifts, but I'm taking a cue from The Selfish Seamstress ! -...
Topics: McCall, tops

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Finished top below. Review with more pics, on PR here .
Topics: HotPatterns, tops

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Do I look happy? You bet! (And a lot happier than the last photo I posted, eh?) I promised I would show a pic of me in the Hot Patterns Riviera jacket when I had buttons for it. It took seemingly forever, but I finally found buttons at Sawyer Brook. It...
Topics: HotPatterns, jackets

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(Or, If Looks Could Kill!) I'm an 80-year old woman wearing a carpet. I even fully lined it before I decided to toss it. But at least I stopped before sewing on the sleeve bands, hemming it, or thinking about buttons. I spent far too much time...
Topics: jackets, Simplicity, wadders

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