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Phat Chick Designs: My Mission (Maxi) in Life
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Wednesday, April 9, 2014. My Mission (Maxi) in Life. I present you with my Jamie Christina Mission Maxi:. And while I'm at it, let me tell you something about getting older and birthdays. They're better. Much better! Toward the end of last year, I was gifted with this awesome purple/grey snakeskin ITY from Spandex House in NYC by my oldest daughter. So pretty and funky! Pattern Photo Source: Jamiechristina.com. Photo Source: ArdenB website. And while on the su...
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Phat Chick Designs: Sweet Dreams
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Friday, July 3, 2015. This post goes out to Peg who asked me how to do fast and easy copying of a name tag on our Dreamy sewing/embroidery machines. This post is intended for a one-person audience so if you're not Peg, you're probably going to be bored, hence my advice is to stop reading now ;) . Make sure the largest hoop size has been chosen in the Settings menu before proceeding. Button at the bottom right hand corner of the screen as shown below. It is clo...
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Phat Chick Designs: The Ridiculous USPS 2-day Priority Mail Ordeal
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Tuesday, September 17, 2013. The Ridiculous USPS 2-day Priority Mail Ordeal. On September 9, I sent out a box of healthy treats via USPS 2-day Priority Mail with a scheduled delivery date of September 11, 2013. Here it is September 17, and it's still not there! No, it is NOT being sent across the country. Its destination is a 2 hour, 45 minute drive from my house or thereabouts. Less than 150 miles! My package is "wherever? We'll see. What really sucks abo...
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Phat Chick Designs: February 2013
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Monday, February 25, 2013. Will I finish on time? We'll see. 3. More. Days. BTW, I found a great link on Geni's blog. It's for the Fabulous 40 group. And what a group we are! Saturday, February 23, 2013. I'm not fattening your wallet, but I'm keeping mine well padded! I love some of the dresses in your Sears Kardashian line, but I'm NOT going to pay for them :) . And you know what? Here are back and side views:. Here are a few other views. And last but not lea...
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Phat Chick Designs: The Semi-Formal Fabrics
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. First off.the purse and shawl/cape fabric and lining. White crepe-backed satin for the lining and a white/silver brocade. The pic below shows nice detail of the silver accent. And now.the dress fabrics! To the right is the lavender dress fabric. It has a slight shimmer to it. At right is the skirt overlay part of the dress. And then both together- the tulle-like fabric over the dress fabric:. I see that sometimes. Here is a free stole ...
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Phat Chick Designs: Playing "catch-up"! Part I
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Thursday, November 21, 2013. Did you ever have so much to do that you let the little details slide? I'm sure you have because, well, who hasn't. The little details that I have let slide are blog posts. So.instead of doing a blog post on several of my projects I've completed throughout the year, I'm going to do a single write-up about my sewing endeavors the past several months. Let's start with Spring! Overall, I think I did pretty well! The one at the left ha...
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Phat Chick Designs: March 2013
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Friday, March 1, 2013. PR Contest Entry: The Kardashian Knockoff dress. Here is the result of a whirlwind last four days! The original style I was copying is at left from the Kardashian dress line at Sears with my Knockoff version at right:. It's a fairly close copy. My pattern was self-drafted. I made modifications to the self-drafted pattern I used in my red lace knit dress from a couple of posts ago. Here are a few more pics of the front:. 4 My fabric. ...
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Phat Chick Designs: Fitting Tutorial: Removing Neck Gape
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Sunday, July 27, 2008. Fitting Tutorial: Removing Neck Gape. One of the problems I face with many patterns is neck gape on commercial patterns. It can be on the front, on the back, or even both. Some people might ask, "Well did you choose your pattern by your high bust measurement? So why do I get neck gape? The two methods are:. 1 Shifting the pattern's center front. 2 Dart and Tranfer. METHOD NO. 1:. METHOD NO. 2. This method is a more precise method, target...
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Phat Chick Designs: July 2015
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PhatExcellent; First Rate, Terrific, Superb. Friday, July 3, 2015. This post goes out to Peg who asked me how to do fast and easy copying of a name tag on our Dreamy sewing/embroidery machines. This post is intended for a one-person audience so if you're not Peg, you're probably going to be bored, hence my advice is to stop reading now ;) . Make sure the largest hoop size has been chosen in the Settings menu before proceeding. Button at the bottom right hand corner of the screen as shown below. It is clo...
