Greetings robins! It’s alright. Everything’s fine here in Minnesota. You can come back now. We miss you. I will buy worms at the bait shop to feed you until it’s officially spring. And look! I have a spring dress. Sort of. That’s right, at long last, I actually snapped a few poorly lit photos...
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Good morning carnivorous plants! I’ve actually got a REVEAL post today, although it is a cheater reveal and nearly two months overdue! So let’s cut the small talk and get down to business, shall we? What I’ve got for you today is a black wool skirt. I know, super exciting, right? Here it is – the...
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Morning turkey gizzards! My, my, how time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was posting grainy photos of my not-too-exciting long sleeved T-shirt, and yet here we are and it’s been nearly two weeks since my last post. I’ve missed you. Turns out that blogging, which started out as a fun way to...
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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 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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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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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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Hey there meow meows! Ima super busy bee this week, so I thought I’d give you a little sneeky peeky. Look what I can make! An apron! With a nice, gored skirt! And a button placket! And missing buttons! And darts! Whew! Now I just have to put the buttons on the placket. And...
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Greetings gophers, meerkats, prairie dogs, capybaras and other assorted small rodent-like creatures who may or may not have been cleared for Friday gobbling during lent. Let’s do a reveal today, shall we? I’ve been calling this my Dynasty sweater. Doesn’t it look like something that Krystal Carrington would have worn? Still wears, perhaps, somewhere...
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Good morning puffer fish. Or, as the more pretentious amongst you might insist, tetraodontidae. I admire how you make yourselves look like spiney basketballs. Also, your ability to kill people with your toxicity. And to move your eyeballs independently of each other. Today I actually have a KNITTING project to unveil! I’m not MUCH...
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Morning fruit bats! I’ve got a nice, simple skirt to show you today. One that is making me eat my words – the ones in the vein of A-line skirts suck. You’d think that would make me feel modest and perhaps a bit diffident, but it seems to have the opposite effect. I’m feeling...
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A little bit of sewing, some how tos, vintage love and a quest for the perfect fit. Hi! I’m Patty, a thirty-something living in Minneapolis with a cute little house, husband and basset hound, 3 cozy snug bugs.
