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Finished Objects

Lovely Baby Bonnets

May 21, 2009

These were a huge amount of work. Usually I avoid hand-sewing like the plague, but these I felt inspired to hand-bead! Crazy, I know.
I love the little button groupings.  The beaded ones are circles of beads around tiny little buttons.
My lovely fancy bernina machine supplied the beautiful stitching around the edges. It was so fun [...]

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Dancing Dress

April 20, 2009

This fabric is so soft and stretchy, I knew it would be a dress for me one day. The blue color was gorgeous.  My friend asked me if I wanted to go dancing this Saturday night, so today was the day.
This was my first attempt at draping and it was harder than I thought it [...]

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More Legwarmers

March 16, 2009

I’ve knit a second pair of legwarmers from my pattern. These are the same yarn as the top of Dejas sweater. I have the perfect pair of shoes to wear with these, I think. The colour will match just right.
This yarn feels like it has some cotton in it, but it’s not heavy or saggy [...]

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Three Pants From One Shirt!

March 13, 2009

This won’t work for long as Deja gets taller. But right now the pattern pieces fit perfectly three times on one of Chris’ XL long-sleeved shirts. The red stripe was across the chest of the shirt, and the purple waist bands were parts of a purple t-shirt of Chris’.
So I fit the leggings pattern fit [...]

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Shirt Pattern Design Progress

March 11, 2009

This is the second iteration of this pattern. The first time I made the sleeves both too short and too tight.
Good thing I have Deja to test all my patterns out on. I can grade them up or down once I get them exactly the way I want and the garments aren’t wasted because Deja [...]

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