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Crafty Cadence

No rest for the weary

January 3, 2010

It’s looking like this year is going to be a very busy year. That’s fine by me, but I’m exhausted already and we’re only on day three. I started off my year with some sewing – my favorite hobby – next to bicycling and running. I had a choice to go to a New Year’s [...]

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Baby, it’s cold outside

December 10, 2009

It’s been record-breaking, bone-chilling COLD outside in our area. I am not a fan of the cold. I prefer to be warm, but here I am in the Pacific Northwest and I am dealing. Plus, there’s significantly less fat on my body this year, thus I feel the cold more. The outdoor thermometer dips down [...]

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Retail Therapy & Grandkids Cure All Sorrows

November 28, 2009

So, my evening last night pretty much sucked and didn’t turn out at all like I anticipated. I won’t go into details other than to say I felt very much betrayed by someone very close to me and essentially heard their message loud and clear. There is a saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing [...]

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Desperately seeking…

November 22, 2009

Fabric. Seriously. I want to make this dress and I can’t for the life of me find this plaid (or is it a tartan?) I’ve searched almost every online fabric site, even emailed one great site (no response) and I can’t find it. So, I’m throwing out the request to any of my bloggy buddies [...]

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I had to do it.

November 8, 2009

I was obsessed. I broke my budget and self-imposed prohibition of fabric stores because lord knows I have enough fabric to last a gazillion years. That $0.99 pattern sale at Hancock’s was just calling my name. All. morning. long. And today was the last day of the sale. Besides, all my old patterns – even [...]

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Sneak Peek

October 18, 2009

Wrapping up the blue Ottobre top, here it is on my dress form. It looks much better with the neck band. Not too bad for a quick afternoon top. Now I’m playing with fabrics to make a sweater-jacket to coordinate with it. I’ve had this fabric in my stash for a few years and it’s [...]

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Ottobre Muslin #2

October 18, 2009

Help! What is with these shoulders? I have no idea what I’m doing wrong here. They keep pointing backward even after I altered the pattern to move them forward. I’m just lost. You can see where the seam is, and the red line is where it should be. I don’t know if it’s the front [...]

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First Ottobre Muslin – Recap

October 11, 2009

This is the end of the road for this muslin. The neckline does not have the binding on it but that’s okay. I’m not taking this top further because I don’t like the fabric. I don’t like the stretch on it, even though I love the color. It’s just a cheap poly knit – emphasis [...]

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My Creative Cadence – Getting back in the rhythm

October 11, 2009

Saturday morning, I went for a walk with my regular walking buddy and we walked for a good hour and a half. It was cold out when we started, but with her border collie/sheltie mix doggie, Buddy, leading the way (and pace) we quickly worked up a sweat. I always enjoy walking her doggies because [...]

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Sweet Creative Cadence

September 25, 2009

I’m back into some creativity, folks. Yes, this includes some sewing – I finally sewed a better, longer belt for the bathrobe I made my mom last Christmas. It’s not much, and it certainly was not complicated, but I used my sewing machine, and that’s what counts. I also felt that since I’m sitting around [...]

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