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2017 Queue

December 30, 2016

January
  • Melilot Shirt in Cat Lady Rayon
  • Meet up with Tusarebecca for Linden Sweatshirt?
  • Knitting: Harvest Cardigan in Patons Worsted Wool (Mercury color)…probably finish in Feb
  • Quilt and bind quilt in progress (try to finish quilting new years weekend)
  • Block Blue Belle Scarf
  • Finish knee-high socks
  • Baby sweater for
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Seamwork Adelaide take 2

September 5, 2016

I bought this Nani Iro double gauze to make a second Adelaide. I’m so pumped…it’s perfect colors for fall, and will look amazing with a jacket and tights.…
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Deer and Doe Lupin and Melilot Fabric!

August 26, 2016

My Les Fleurs rayon came in! Swoon! I will use it for a Melilot – which I mocked up in photoshop.   I just stopped at Stitch to get Lupin fabric and luckily Kalle was in. She just made up a muslin in a size 42, so I was able to…
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Sorbetto Final and Next Up

July 17, 2016

My first Sorbetto is done! It was a great pattern to practice adjustments, and I think I got a decent fit. I ended up retracing it with the size 12 width, but the longer length, and just adjusted the darts up. I did make another muslin after all. I think…
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Fall Queue

July 6, 2016

A list in progress! Definites:
  • Lupin jacket (September 10th/17th class at stitch) in gray suiting cotton and cotton and steel bird rayon, need thread
  • Adelaide dress in Nani Iro
  • Zinnia skirt in Robert Kaufman Essex Yarn Dyed Metallic, Storm
  • Melilot Shirt in Les Fleurs Rayon – Enamel (need buttons, thread,
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Summer Queue

I just ordered more fabric. It should be enough to make a top, a dress, and do a bunch of denim practice, as well as some solid lawns for bias tape. If I found a shirt and dress for $100 in Anthro I’d be so excited about a bargain, so…
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Here’s a @noodlehead531 #woolandwaxtote with som Here’s a @noodlehead531 #woolandwaxtote with some amazing canvas from Japan. Which cloud are you? I’m really feeling the angry lightning cloud.
Here’s my #closetcoreblanca dress in Merchant & Here’s my #closetcoreblanca dress in Merchant & Mills laundered linen from @stitchsewshop! I’ve been wanting to make a dress version of this pattern for two years. This fabric is very good. Also my plants are very good.
Here’s my second pieced quilt, made for my very Here’s my second pieced quilt, made for my very special bff @s.a.m.r.i.v! We met 40 years ago as tiny bebes in the park, and through the years we drifted apart several times but always found each other again at various dance recitals, school field trips, beach clubs, fabric stores, and summer jobs. The universe kept shoving us together til it stuck. This quilt is a hug from afar. I might not be able to get up to New Jersey frequently but this quilt will be there for cozy/comforting times as needed. 

I picked out my fabric, then used a quilt generator at savoreverystitch.com (the last slide), then imported it into Photoshop and colored over it (second to last slide), basically changing the whole thing, but it was an awesome starting place.
It’s our 9 year anniversary and 22 year friendiv It’s our 9 year anniversary and 22 year friendiversary so here’s a nice photo! 📸 @maggiewinters_
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