A week before Thanksgiving seems like the perfect time for an overdue Halloween post, non? I guess with two little girls it was inevitable that we’d end up with a princess ballerina Halloween situation at some point. I’m mostly amazed that I was able to pull it off considering I…
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Panic sewing for the ballet
So a few months ago, my ballet teacher announced she was organizing an outing to see Jewels at Boston Ballet. I dug out my green dupioni silk dress I made for my sister’s wedding in 2022, was delighted that it fit again post baby #2, and that was that. And…
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Hello friends!
Well it’s been a minute. Actually it’s been six and a half years to be more accurate. Oops! I wasn’t really intending to take a blogging break, but it just sort of happened for lots of reasons that came one after another and then suddenly years had gone by and…
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Mystery fabric contest 2018
I’m so excited to FINALLY post this, considering I finished it back in April! Last year’s mystery fabric contest was cocktail themed, and I ended up with some light blue cotton sateen and THE most horrendous crunchy aqua/teal lace that didn’t match at all. It was seriously awful. At first…
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Christmas dress
A couple months ago I got my hands on an old retired wool kilt, and made plans to rip it apart to make something out of it. I figured I’d have enough for jacket or skirt, and then realized that I would never wear a plaid jacket and dropped that…
