Morning bunnies! My, you are a proliferate lot, aren’t you. Could you please stop hopping around and driving my poor hound crazy? One day she actually will catch one of you and I think all involved will be traumatized. She’s more of a lover than a fighter, but you bring her fine, hound instincts to...
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Greeting tree dwelling octopuses! Tonight’s post is brought to you by an old Ikea curtain; torn down and forgotten when newer, thicker curtains came to live with us. Granted new life when I decided to take Vogue 2850 out for a test drive. The muslin has been hanging in my sewing room for weeks...
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Good day cats and kittens. It’s currently 54 degrees in my house (give or take 20 degrees) and Lucy the stenchhound is earning her keep as a foot warmer. This isn’t stopping me from my dreams of sun and sundresses and flip flops and all other good things. Which brings us to the February...
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Hello kittens! I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this… but a week or two ago I bought a lovely (funky? kindergarten child-like?) piece of green 21-wale corduroy with cherries printed all over it. I plan to make it into another hybrid Jenny. So of course I need a shirt to go with this skirt,...
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Not really a heap. Just going to for the shock factor. Good news for Snug Bug readers… I treated myself to a tripod that works… although I think my previous hair clip tripod was ingenious. For whatever reason (akin, I’m sure, to the phenomena that makes computers work when tech support shows up) a...
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Hey! Remember this post? The one with the giant orange and pink striped turtleneck and a yet-to-be made dress to go over it by my recent pattern-designer-obsession? A few of you got it right – I’m making the Colette Parfait, a cute little dress with straps, buttons and what should be a flattering fitted...
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I thought I’d do a post on how I went about adjusting the ginormous gap in the lapel of my Lady Grey. This method isn’t from any specific book, just me, trying to get things to fit! I’m sure there are other (likely better) methods out there. I make this alteration after completing the...
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I’ve finished the Full Bust Adjustment (FBA) on my Lady Grey for the sewalong and made another muslin! While I’m happy with the fit of the top, now I’ve got a bit of problem with the bottom. For step by step photos on how I did my FBA and dealt with the gaping lapel,...
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I am probably going to need to devise some sort of Dewey decimal-system type of organization for posts regarding the Lady Grey!! Here’s a mid-muslin #2 pattern alteration update. Here’s what I did. I started out by putting on my muslin, making a line...
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In the interest of public safety, I’m making myself post these awful photos of my latest butchery. The Lady Grey coat. I will start from the beginning. I am participating in the very fun Lady Grey Sewalong, hosted by Gertie from Gertie’s...
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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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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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As part of my fall wardrobe plan, I am giving into the lust I have in my heart for the Fall Louis Vuitton line. Especially the full circle skirt and bustier in menswear fabrics. Wonderful!! courtesy elle After searching through patterns I had on hand to find the shirt pattern, I thought Butterick...
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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.
