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I am so glad to be done with these sleeves. They took forever! Not because they were hard, but because I have a cold and everything I do feels like I'm doing it in molasses. Ugh, slow slow slow every stitch was an effort. Plus, that whole Christmastime thingamajig. I'm feeling better now and have already moved on to the main bodice, but wanted to ( Read more... )

Aaaaah, okay, okay, okay. Sleeves are done.


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OOF. These sleeve tops make me want to fall face first into a chocolate cake.


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Hey! Look what I meticulously hand-embroidered* today!


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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Too much real life to take care of. BUT, the holiday is over, my son starts back in school tomorrow, my husband is back to work tomorrow, the camping gear is all cleaned and tucked away, my house is tidy enough and I am ready to be sewing full time. I will have about 6 full hours each weekday while everyone is off doing their ( Read more... )

I have returned from the beach, a little sunburned and very happy to have spent 4 days away from it all. It was lovely!

But now, back to the business of completing a dress before September 10th. Can it be done? Not according to my previous track record, but I am super motivated to get it done so my sister-in-law can look spectacular at the ( Read more... )

Too many things going on today that kept me from doing much sewing, but I managed a little!
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Well, you know that thing called Real Life? Yeah, it got all up in my sewing business today.

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