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The final touch to the sewing nook…

September 8, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
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Morning honey badgers. I know you just don’t give a damn and you can run backwards, but put down your delicious snakes for a minute and take a look at what came to live in our basement this week! Yay! I finally got a cutting mat and it makes everything so awesome I’ve already...
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How-to: Pressing board edition

August 10, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
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Morning you brightly colored koi! Your little cousins, the goldfish, were here yesterday. You guys sure are a lot more flashy! I think it’s super cute that you come when called. Yesterday’s project was my pressing board! I’ve hemmed and hawed a lot about this project a lot over the last two weeks, and...
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What’s that tool for?? Bias tape maker edition…

May 10, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
What’s that tool for?? Bias tape maker edition…

Greetings chickadees! I finished a pretty pink Violet today. I love saying pretty pink Violet. Get it? Pink Violet? I started out working on it at work, so I used the serger for most of the major seams, but had more to do at home, so I needed some other seam finishing tricks. Not...
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Teaching sewing classes… or, “wait–how do you put a zipper in again?”

March 30, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
Teaching sewing classes… or, “wait–how do you put a zipper in again?”

Morning ducks! Last week I brazenly proclaimed the start of a new Snug Bug blog era  on my Facebook – more daily posts, even if there’s not much to post about. Alas, I spent most of yesterday working on my Lotus Blossom skirt (remember the funky welt pockets?) and then in the evening taught...
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A little bit of everything…Colette spring palette challenge, Kwik Sew 3003, broken magnets, new snips and tanks with a cherry on top.

January 29, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
A little bit of everything…Colette spring palette challenge, Kwik Sew 3003, broken magnets, new snips and tanks with a cherry on top.

Hello Friday! At least, recent Friday… While I did get another muslin made of Simplicity 2601, I wasn’t happy with the results – somehow removing two inches of ease from what SEEMED like five inches too much yielded a snug midriff band. And while I may claim to be as snug as a bug...
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Adventures in button hunting. And a few accidental finds…

December 8, 2010
By Patty The Snug Bug
Adventures in button hunting. And a few accidental finds…

I capped off a recent antique store crawl today. A very slow motion crawl,  spanning weeks. To celebrate, I decided to share a few snapshots. With bad lighting. That’s sort of my thing now, bad lighting. Here’s some eye candy. Click to see extra-large sized and after the jump find out the details.  ...
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