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science experiments

I’ve been have been really unhappy with my elastic shirring lately. I’ve been doing everything the same way I always have, but getting saggy results. ...
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Easy as Pie dress…

Do y’all have a Rolled Hem foot for your sewing machine? It makes this dress take about 30 minutes to sew, (and it’s also incredibly ...
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D’s birthday shirt

Ok, business first… If you responded to this post in the comments and haven’t heard back from me, that’s because you didn’t leave an email ...
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Jury-rigging a 5

no sewing tonight. (other than maybe a quiver…. we’ll see how my indoor (as opposed to garage) sewing machine likes sewing vinyl… it might happen ...
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Daily dose of kitten.

I love kitten bellies.
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Shhhh….

Fabric is Honk-Honk (brown) by Michael Miller, trim is a blue/brown shot cotton, pattern is my own.  Radiator and Killy aren’t related, but ARE a ...
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B. Black & Sons (aka heaven)

Last Wednesday, the kidlets and I went on an adventure to the garment district in downtown LA. I wanted to find Silk Buttonhole Twist (but ...
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My latest project…

…is taming our new feral kitten. (and explaining the nature of wild animals to a 4yo.) Miraculously, he survived a 15-mile freeway journey while hiding ...
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