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Behold. My Lisbon fabric skirt. It’s the Linea skirt by Wardrobe by Me. Location: TJ Maxx dressing room I mean, sometimes you just gotta go with a pic from the TJ Maxx dressing room. What can I say?
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For the first few months of the year, I didn’t do a ton of sewing for myself. I made a lot of Mardi Gras scarves for other people, so it kind of burned me out on sewing for a bit. Fortunately, it came back sometime in the spring. My five favorite makes this year: IKEA…
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I’ve wanted to tackle a proper jacket for myself for a while. For a while it was going to be the Chilton Trench by Cashmerette (and I haven’t ruled it out or anything) but it seemed a bit complicated and I don’t want to make it until I find the perfect teal twill anyway. But…
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This summer, I started watching The Good Place. I’d started watching it when it came out, but then stopped for whatever reason. I decided to pick it back up, and while I was watching the second episode, Miles wandered into the room and sat down. And was hooked. By the third episode, all three were…
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In spite of my lack of blogging, I’ve actually been sewing a lot lately. In between sewing costumes, I made Linus a Go To Jacket with a hood, but without a chin guard (it was too fiddly when I made Miles’s, so I decided it would be okay to go without. And it was.) He…
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I’ve told this story before, but I started sewing right after Mardi Gras last year. Right after I spent a day frantically buying random things and hot glueing and doing anything I could to avoid a needle and thread for our Mardi Gras costumes. All things considered, they turned out pretty well. But then within…
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Back in March, I made a test version of the Ellis skirt by Cashmerette. I had bought a kit from the designer with nice denim and all the accoutrements (rivets, button, topstitching thread, etc.) but I only got around to using that kit last week or so. The problem is, I gained a bit of…
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Middle school. I sure hope it’s kinder to them than it was to me. I promise, they’re happier than the smiles (or lack thereof) would indicate. Especially Miles. That’s his “smile.” They enjoyed looking at all of their past first day of school pictures, so I had them re-do this one from 8 (eight!!!) years…
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I’ve made a few Wardrobe by Me patterns – notably I’ve made the Tropical shirt about fifty times (well, really more like five) for George and the boys but I’ve also made the Linea skirt twice, both times as gifts. So now it was my turn to make something for me! When I saw the…
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The silence is deafening. There’s no sound of a soccer ball being kicked around the kitchen, banging into cabinets, making me cringe every time I hear it hit the dishwasher or the oven. I don’t hear YouTube videos about some soccer game or how to solve a Rubik’s cube or how to bake the perfect…
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What’s up? Why haven’t I been blogging? Is it that life is boring? Maybe a little. I mean, not that that’s a bad thing. Or maybe it’s been busy? Or maybe I just don’t want to sit in front of my computer when I’m not working? Maybe all of those things all at once? (I…
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Just like last year, I’m participating in Me Made May, which is a very flexible sewing challenge because you can make up your own parameters. Mine are that I wear at least one item of clothing every day that I made, and that I post it on Instagram. That’s it. I don’t have to make…