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.
Snugbug ‘Classic’ – just posts (loosely) pertaining to stitching and related string-theory. With forays into home design and other road trips.
Here’s a stunning photo of me in my Day 5 outfit. I took this at about one in the morning, after having finally finished hemming and pressing the horsehair braid on McCall’s 5811. I Just have to sew the lace on the lining and affix the dreaded hook and eye and I’ll be ready to post...
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Spurred on by my increasingly obvious need for more casual clothing, I went shopping yesterday and picked up a couple of pieces of corduroy for the making of trousers and Jenny skirts. I spent the night puttering away and am quite happy with my first official** self-made trousers!! **Ok, I’ve made pajama bottoms and...
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The day 3 outfit was a hangin’ out at home and doing errands and going to the doctor outfit. I’m not sure it was quite working for me – evidence that I clearly need to get to work on more hanging out at home and errands clothing and less having tea with the queen...
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Ah! September has certainly roared into Minneapolis like a lion. I’ve had vague plans in the back of my head to whip up a series of kicky little skirts with attitude (cherry and skull quilting cotton, anyone??) to get me through Self-Stitched September. But with the temperature currently at 57, I’m now thinking of...
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Well! Self-stitched September started off with a bang! I actually spent a majority of my day in what could be loosely termed as ‘refashioned’ clothes – alas, no pictures, but I was in the garden wearing (1) a pair of cut off jeans that I cleverly made cargo and ipod pockets for using the ‘cut...
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One more muslin and a few more changes and I think I’m ready to start on my first real trousers not made from bedsheets! Here’s the final lineup… front view side view back view I started out muslin #3 by making a few changes to the pattern pieces. Below you can see, outlined in...
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I finished the second muslin for my trousers yesterday – it was actually the FIRST muslin of Simplicity 2562, after having tried out Butterick 5221. I’ve added the new muslin to the pants lineup below… really like the shape of the legs! the side view is alright, not my favorite, though. the back is...
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OK. This is the part of the fall wardrobe I’ve been dreading. Pants. I’ve tried making pants and shorts a few times and haven’t come up with anything usable. What I’ve done the few times I’ve tried before is to make WAY too many adjustments right off the bat – lengthening the crotch depth,...
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Well, this seems almost like a let-down after all the muslins, but the fitted shirt from Butterick 5333 is finally complete! And I love it!! Putting together the shirt was a little bit of a pain. The most painful part was probably the fabric, which is a silk/wool blend and very prone to unraveling...
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I spent a little too much time today trying to find something, ANYTHING, online that would support my extreme reluctance to cut a lining for my full circle skirt. It was cutting morning. Following my four muslins for Butterick 5333, I pulled out my nice piece of brown and black silk/wool blend to cut...
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Note! This is the fourth post in a series that addresses the fitting of a fitted shirt with a side zip and a midriff band. To see the first three posts in the series, head to the end of the this post and click the links! Thanks! The fourth (ahem, FINAL!!) muslin is done...
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That’s right, I said it. Whack-a-mole. Still working away on Butterick 5333. I got the ease worked out in the midriff area (although I’m liking the silouette a little more when it was a little smaller!) but now there’s something wonky going on with the upper bodice. Like, way, WAY too much fabric!! Here...
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Muslin #2 for the fitted shirt (to go with the full circle skirt) is complete, and there’s at least another muslin or two left in this project!! Here’s where we were and where we are… Hmmmmm…. not much of a difference!! But there WERE quite few little changes I made! Changes to the pattern pieces...
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Ima gonna join up with folks doing the Self-Stitched-September challenge! Every day in September I’ll wear at least one item that I sewed, knitted or, because I like to set up no-fail scenarios, accessory I crafted in some way (a home-made necklace comes to mind… just for emergency days!) I think this may be...
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So. I am RELATIVELY focused on the fall wardrobe project. I’d like to finish it… I’d even like to finish it on time. And I’m puttering away and think it still might happen (although the RTW option is increasingly looking better. I have the perfect white cardigan that goes with EVERYTHING…) But I have...
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