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This dress is part of my PR Endless Combinations Contest entry . After I cut this pattern out, I realized that I have cut 1 or 2 sizes larg...

My dad loved the costume. He wants to get a hat and everything. :) Here is is modeling. Very handsome.

In my ongoing self-education attempts, I took a class at G Street Fabrics on making a pants sloper. In this class I learned the following i...

This is going to be a Christmas present for my dad. You can read the full review at PatternReview.com . The Shirt I added a tie so that my d...

In order to get myself sewing again, I have decided to join PatternReview's Endless Combinations Wardrobe Contest. I'd like to have ...

The transition to a new sewing space goes slowly, but I think it will all be for the best. Here are pictures from the current disaster. I al...

Well, I purchased the Ikea table and put it together, but I am still working (slowly) on organizing my office space, so I have yet to try it...

So now I'm moved in to the new place in Hagerstown, MD. If anyone out there is in Hagerstown, I'd love to get connected to fellow se...

I will be on a (hopefully) brief sewing hiatus. I am packing up my stuff and moving to a new home city to start my very first teaching posit...

And so the quest for a decent shirt pattern continues... Enter New Look 6407. In the end, I got an OK shirt, but I don't know if this is...

This is a fantastic (and simple) purse organizer pattern that I found on The Giving Flower . You can download very nice pdf instructions fro...

This pattern was acquired during the pattern splurge. I used some linen that I bought at the same store in Baltimore at which I purchased th...