Year of the Dress

The July Dress. Hung Jury. (Colette Macaron with knit yoke)

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August 16, 2011
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Greetings bird thugs. You know, Mr. Bug put out a bird feeder to be nice and I think the least you could do is not tease the squirrels and clean up after yourselves. Silly birds. Ah! Today I have a reveal for you! I cannot tell a lie, I finished this dress a while...
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The June dress… again. (Claire Cami from Serendipity Studios)

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July 2, 2011
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Hey there woeful eyed donkeys with detachable tails! Even though it’s already TWO DAYS into July, I thought I should still add an official entry to the year of the dress project. I think we can all agree that the June dress HAS to be the Claire Cami dress from Serendipity Studios. Because, guess...
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The May dress… the tribal maxi dress or the Mrs. Roper dress? You decide…

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June 6, 2011
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Morning dragonflies! It’s a late, late post today. I spent the weekend obsessing about quilt strips, obsessively cleaning the house and engaging in various other obsessions that don’t immediately come to mind, but avoiding winged insects such as yourselves was up there on the list. But it’s Monday and here I am, back at...
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The May dress… the bodice. Mrs. Roper gypsy dress…

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June 1, 2011
The May dress… the bodice. Mrs. Roper gypsy dress…

Greetings jackalopes. I believe in you. I do. What I find UNbelievable is that evolution and/or the higher-power-of-choice chose to make the antlerless version of bunnies. What useless and strange creatures! Moving on. I am sorry to reporrit (anyone a Pern fan? That was dolphin-speak) that I didn’t get the May dress completed during...
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Maxi Dress. Obsession, plotting, muslin #1.

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May 27, 2011
Maxi Dress. Obsession, plotting, muslin #1.

Greetings semi-tame burros of Custer State Park. Next time, we’re bringing carrots. Your big scary teeth are getting way too close to our fingers. Now, will you kindly remove your giant head from our car window so we can go find some bison?? Since burros such as yourselves are naturally clever and curious, I...
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The April Dress. Summer of 1995 (McCalls 7523)

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May 6, 2011
The April Dress. Summer of 1995 (McCalls 7523)

Greetings courtneylovebears. I can’t believe you’re ten years older than me. How did we get so old? Oh, sigh. Anyway. I know 1995 was a tough year for you but nevertheless, I took a trip in my magic sewing-time-machine and made myself a little baby doll dress. Remember how obsessed I was? Well, thanks...
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The March Dress… Vogue 1027

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April 1, 2011
The March Dress… Vogue 1027

Evening kittens! I’m reeling from an overdose of Flickr and Pattern Review. I realized the other day that if I just finished one more skirt, I could enter the Mini-Wardrobe contest on pattern review. I managed it, but spent a lot of today taking pictures, cropping pictures, naming pictures, uploading pictures, and then writing...
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McCalls 5094–the February Dress. A little roses and lace.

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February 10, 2011
McCalls 5094–the February Dress. A little roses and lace.

Yay! It’s done! The February dress. After the never-ending string of muslins, I just did one final tweak (shaving another inch or so from the bottom of the center of the front bodice piece) and went ahead with the real-life dress. Behold! Oh! I lied! I also made a few more tweaks – I...
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The January dress… it’s a wrap

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January 13, 2011
The January dress… it’s a wrap

I can’t resist puns. Today’s post is ANOTHER McCalls dress. As I said yesterday, I was so inspired by Stitchywitch’s wrap version that I made my own wrap version today. As a special bonus, I’ll also unveil the shirt version… I really love this version too! Of course, I’ll probably tack the neckline a...
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Year of the dress… January edition. McCalls 5974

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January 12, 2011
Year of the dress… January edition. McCalls 5974

I have been a busy, buzzing bee the last few days! Yesterday I made my crazy Japanese elastic band skirt as well as my unveiled-today McCall’s 5974. Today I made a shirt version of the McCall’s dress and a turtleneck from Kwik Sew 3003. We’ll get to the shirts tomorrow. Today I’m all about...
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First day of school and a picture in a magazine!

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January 8, 2011
First day of school and a picture in a magazine!

No sewing updates today! I found all the Parfait comments interesting – looks like I wasn’t the only one who questioned the dress! Tonight was my first ‘official’ night of teaching a class at the shop where I work – Pajama bottoms! It was great fun and I’m looking forward to teaching more classes....
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The year of the dress

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January 2, 2011
The year of the dress

A kick off for 2011. I’m a big fan of resolutions, plots and other such advanced planning methods that rarely lead to success. Or, er, follow-through. Half the fun is the plotting. And January 1st begs for such plans. So here’s mine… First… the non-sewing related plot. I’m going to try my hand at...
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