Hi! I'm Patty, a 30-something and a recent transplant from Minneapolis to Texas. Read along as I get used to life in the suburbs, nest in a new home and sew my way through Dallas.
Morning honeybears! I have another new garment from my garment-making binge of a couple weekends ago. This one isn’t too exciting, but it’s very welcome to my winter wardrobe and not everything can be a stunner, right? Behold the new stripey shirt! I used a fairly heavily modified Hot Patterns 1035 – the Weekender...
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Morning kangaroos! Put this in your pouch and smoke it! My mom came to visit this weekend and was forced to hang out in my freezing sewing room (HER opinion, not mine) while I obsessively worked on my new blue quilt. I have something to show for my efforts! Here’s a nice quilt-top-with-feet picture! (note the...
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Morning you three toed furry sloths! Oh wait, that’s me. And being a lazy, slothful type I’ve been looking with much interest at friend-Laura’s elastic waistband skirts with much lust in my heart. Last week I came across the near-perfect home dec weight gold and white cotton print at Hancock and thought I’d give...
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My next quilt!
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Morning you nest building egrets! I’m not sure if it’s the weather or the effects of OD’ing on garment sewing over the last week, but I find myself in the sewing state of near-zero inclination to sew my next garment, coupled with an obsession for finally redoing the textiles in my living room. I’ve...
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Morning jackalopes! Have you all gotten your white winter coats and gone through your yearly antler shedding routine? I’ve got another finished garment for you today. Honestly, last weekend was quite productive… I finished yesterday’s Jasmine, today’s dress, a skirt, a shirt and a new set of jammies. Last night I compensated by only...
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Morning electric eels. I think it’s time to do your part and connect yourselves to the energy grid. Give back for the greater good and all… New blouse! New blouse! Today I’ve got a lovely new blouse to show all y’all eels. The Jasmine from Colette patterns! Unfortunately for all of us, the photo...
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Greetings, weekend parrots! I missed the blog boat yesterday, as I had a sick basset on my hands (she’s fine, but now hates me for ramming antibiotics down her throat.) I still think we need to wrap up Flop Fixin’ week with a good, old fashioned tips post, though – don’t you agree? Here’s...
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Morning wombats! Here we are on Day #4 of Flop Fixin’ week! Today’s flop, like yesterday’s, isn’t technically a flop, it’s more of a creative restyle using the scraps from yesterday’s sweater project. Boot cuffs! I’m guessing that this might be of PARTICULAR interest to other cold-weather, ‘curvy-calved’ wombats such as myself. To make...
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Morning basset hound child stars! Today’s project isn’t TECHNICALLY a flop, as I was not involved in the construction of the offending garment. I DO have to confess, though, to a stint of compulsive thrifting that led to the acquisition of a giant, bright orange, men’s crewneck cableknit sweater. Folks, I’m not sure what...
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Good morning sea turtles! Day two of Flop Fixin’ week involves a GIANT turtleneck, some scraps of sweater knit and a shirt with a new lease on life, although I’d like to point out this shirt is still being leased as the current owner is just not committed to the orange and pink stripeyness of it...
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Greetings velveteen rabbits! This week is a THEME WEEK here at the Snugbug. This week’s posts are all about unfinished objects, failed attempts, recycling thrifted things and other methods of bringing flops back to life. I had a COMPLETELY different to-do list going in to the weekend, but for whatever reason (likely the unrelenting...
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Morning you inquisitive walrus! Walruses? Walri? What does one call a pack of walrus? As promised I’m back today with barely a post at all. In keeping with my copy-the-chain store thing I kicked off with yesterday’s Anthro post, today I’m back showing off my haul of ‘novelty’ ticking that I got from Hancock...
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OK. So I saw these hot pink tights and got them in a fit over over excitement, but then couldn’t figure out what to wear them with! I finally settledd on all white. With grey. I actually had a belt the same color as my tights! dress | handmade, blogged here turtleneck | thrifted belt |...
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Good morning you newsprint paper mache octopies! Guess who got her November issue of the Anthropologie catalog yesterday?? And guess who ALMOST did an entire post on how to make some nice newsprint ornaments? Me! Me! And Lucy. Wait, no. Lucy would totally EAT the paper mache mixture – that’s just flour and water,...
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