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Lucinda December 10, 2012

Pattern Review: Vogue 8825 [Christmas Dress]

Pattern: Vogue 8825, view B Fabric: Jersey ITY from Metro Textiles, NYC Size: 10 graded into a 12 Boots: Bandolino I’m sure I’m not the only sewer that’s bought fabric intending to use it for another purpose. Take this knit jersey, for example, that I bought back in May –…

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Lucinda December 9, 2012

Tutorial: Fix a Small Hole in a Garment

I had a small panic attack last night. Want to know why? As I was trimming the excess fabric away from the hem of my party dress with my shears, I accidently snipped into the skirt fabric and made an ugly hole. Ahhh!!! The party was only two hours away!…

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Lucinda December 8, 2012

Tutorial: Christmas Paper Garland

Feeling that my apartment lacked a certain festive “punch,” I cut out and stitched up this paper garland in about fifteen minutes. These paper circles would also look adorable woven around a tiny Christmas tree or draped casually over a chandelier. You can make this as long or short as…

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Lucinda December 7, 2012

WIP: Honey Cowl [On the Needles]

I’ve never been one to impulsively buy yarn. Fabric yes, yarn no – I guess it’s because it’s easy to say “2 yards, please” for fabric and I’ll have enough material for a variety of projects, but that’s not the case for yarn. Yarn quantity for a project depends on…

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Lucinda December 4, 2012

Sewing Book Club: Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire Shaeffer

Why, hello there sewing book readers! You may have noticed some lag-time between our first book and this one. My apologies – the advent of the holiday season caught me off guard and left me with little time to properly review this book. Let’s just make this our October/November book…

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