From the monthly archives:

May 2010

I’m Sewing But…

by Claire on May 31, 2010

I’d better hurry. I need to have this dress finished asap and I haven’t finished cutting it out yet. I plan to wear it to my brother’s wedding this Friday. My brother is getting married to a wonderful, sweet woman, and we all couldn’t be happier for them.

So, because I’m in a hurry, I’m keeping this post short, but thought my sewing peeps would want to see what I’m working on.

This fabric, which I’ve had in my stash for about four years. It’s a beautiful soft tie-dye look on embroidered rayon linen. Won’t wrinkle. Sweet!

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This dress. The short view, since the wedding is semi-formal. I made it before several years ago, so it should go together fast. I plan on lining the skirt part with a lightweight cotton lining, so you can’t see through the eyelets. I’ll be using a contrasting tangerine solid color for the neckline binding. The scalloped edging on the fabric (which is a double border) will be the hemline, so no hemming required.

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And I hope to catch a couple more tanning sessions between now and then too. Pictures after the wedding.

Later, folks.

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Have your tissues handy. I was unprepared, but this post gets printed and tucked away safe – it’s already tucked away close to my heart.

Cindy – I love you. I want the whole world to know just how lucky *I* am to have you for a daughter.

Read here.

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The Itch to Stitch

May 26, 2010

If you’ve been following me from my Little Miss Sew N Sew blog, you know that I love to sew. However, life has been such that I’ve not had time for sewing lately but boy do I have the itch. There have been no signs of summer here so I’ve had to dream about it. [...]

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Girls, it’s never too late

May 22, 2010

I’ve been single most of my life. I’ve been married twice, but both those marriages were short and unfulfilling – and that’s probably an understatement. I won’t go into details, but in a way, I’m grateful they happened because it’s helped me be who I am today. Those earlier relationships, while horrible, painful, and emotionally [...]

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Fifty, Fit, and Fabulous

May 22, 2010

A couple years ago I started on a quest toward arriving at my fiftieth birthday being fit and fabulous, and May 15th, I arrived at age 50 feeling fit and fabulous. I wanted a party to celebrate this new half-century ahead of me and to celebrate the new person I am today after having reinvented [...]

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Scenes from a walk

May 22, 2010

I have been a negligent blogger. But I have good reasons, many of which I’ll update you with soon. To get caught up, I’ll take a page out of my how to scrapbook file and tell you about the most recent stuff first. Today, I got up early and met my regular walking girlfriends on [...]

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