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Vogue 2750 Maternity Dress
Remember last week, when I mentioned how making a maternity dress was perhaps on the horizon?
Umm. Yea. By "on the horizon" I apparently meant, "destined to happen this week."
What happened was this. Months ago, I bought this dress pattern on Ebay: Vogue 2750, designed by Lauren Sara. Like, almost as soon as I knew I was pregnant. It's a pattern ( Read more... ) -
When I'm not working or sewing ...
... I also practice alchemy, in my basement, in my spare time.
I just have to share this because it's lovely, and a project, though not perhaps lovely in the same way as things made with fabric are lovely:
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Thinking, planning, dreaming
Reading the craft blogs is dangerous. So many cute ideas! Such creative projects! But so little time (when I should really be doing "real" work, the kind that I am nominally paid for ...)
But sometimes the craft blog world is clearly just in my brain in a remarkable way. Just yesterday I posted about making baby toys, and mentioned that I'd like ( Read more... ) -
Photos!
Haha! I have finally figured out how to get photos loaded directly into my entries! Old entries have now been updated with a representative pic of the project in question; and there's a me-modeling-the-vintage-apron pic too (but I didn't take it in the kitchen). -
Baby blocks for Henry
As we're preparing for the Krauselet's arrival, I've been thinking a lot about toys lately. Specifically, I've been thinking about creative, open-ended toys, the kind that you can use to do all sorts of things. You know, blocks, dolls, play kitchens, sandboxes, etc. Things made from stuff besides plastic. Things a kid can use over and over for ( Read more... ) -
Bitty backpacks
My awesome advisor (I can never decide if that is spelled with "E" or with "O" and Firefox thinks "O" is wrong but I prefer the look of "advisor" to "adviser" because it seems more active, so I'm not going to look it up, so there) ... anyway, let's start over.
My awesome advisor and his wife have two little boys, twins named Oliver and Hugo. They ( Read more... ) -
Prettied up planner
So for a couple of months now, I've been using a Levenger Circa junior-size planner. I've been interested in the Levenger circa system for years, ever since I saw playgreek and family using them. But they are pricey! So when I decided to invest (and I do mean invest; the hole punch is like $70!) I wanted to make sure that I actually liked the system ( Read more... ) -
updated posts
I updated the last two Christmas sewing posts (dishtowel totes, and a tiny tote bag) with links to Flikr photos of the projects, which I finally managed to upload today.
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A tiny tote
... for a tiny tot, my best friend Emily's 12-month-old daughter Lydia. Lydia's birthday is at the end of December. Her mom and I have been friends since we were infants (really), and we exchange birthday gifts at the holidays (because that's when our birthdays fall). So it made sense to add Lydia to the gift exchange. On the logic that Emily ( Read more... )
