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manda made it: Christmas Crochet
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Mantilla Doily on Mom's organ. Contrary to the evidence, when I decided to learn to crochet, the goal was not to make dozens of crooked wash cloths. While the wash cloths were good for practice and, once I could get them square, decent Christmas gifts, what I really wanted to make was cotton lace. Years later, my wedding dress would be a strapless J Crew gown in guipure lace:. That walks you through each stitch and round of his beautiful doilies. I also made some little Christmas ...
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manda made it: Easter 2015 Vintage McCalls 1921 and Simplicity 4018
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Easter 2015 Vintage McCalls 1921 and Simplicity 4018. Since Easter is earlier this year and we have a new baby to keep us busy, I went for simple dresses this year. The pattern for the wrap dresses for my big girls is from 1954 (Thanks, Etsy! My buttonhole foot does not love bumps, so I made sure to lay out my pattern pieces to keep the button tabs free from embroidery and placed my buttonholes before adding the bias tape. Wrong side of dress, pinked seams. Place bias tape right s...
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manda made it: March 2014
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Saturday, March 29, 2014. Another Two Hour Apron. This one for our little friend, Abby. I took a little break from sewing this winter to try learning crochet. We have a lot of washcloths now. Some of the many washcloths made for Christmas gifts. I used this pattern adapted from Vickie Howell's Crochet Lab class on Craftsy, which I highly recommend. These face scrubbies are from Colors of Lily's YouTube tutorial. This scarf is just double crochet, around 175 chains long and 8-10 rows high.
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manda made it: April 2014
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Friday, April 18, 2014. Easter Dresses - Vintage Simplicity 2059 c1957. Trace the neck piece of larger pattern. Matching pattern at back seam. While we are on skirts: The pattern called for slip stitching the hem, but with about 24 feet of hem between both skirts and their linings, I decided it was time to christen the blind hem foot. My manual was a little confusing on this point, but I found a great tutorial from Craftsy that you can see here. How much skirt does a 2 year old need? These patterns were ...
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manda made it: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Mantilla Doily on Mom's organ. Contrary to the evidence, when I decided to learn to crochet, the goal was not to make dozens of crooked wash cloths. While the wash cloths were good for practice and, once I could get them square, decent Christmas gifts, what I really wanted to make was cotton lace. Years later, my wedding dress would be a strapless J Crew gown in guipure lace:. That walks you through each stitch and round of his beautiful doilies. I also made some little Christmas ...
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manda made it: June 2013
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Friday, June 21, 2013. Simplicity Project Runway 2444. After the fit changes, I also lengthened the sleeve to the elbow, omitted the sash and giant bow, added a 4" hem, bound the seams, sewed down skirt pleats and omitted pockets to reduce bulk, and added thread chains for the purchased belt and bra/slip straps. And here is the final dress, as modeled by my dress form Gladys. McCalls 6303 and Vintage Simplicity 4755: Madras Sunsuits. McCalls 6303 and Vintage Simplicity 4755 c. 1950s. The bloomers are huge.
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manda made it: May 2008
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manda made it: Easter Dresses - Vintage Simplicity 2059 c1957
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Friday, April 18, 2014. Easter Dresses - Vintage Simplicity 2059 c1957. Trace the neck piece of larger pattern. Matching pattern at back seam. While we are on skirts: The pattern called for slip stitching the hem, but with about 24 feet of hem between both skirts and their linings, I decided it was time to christen the blind hem foot. My manual was a little confusing on this point, but I found a great tutorial from Craftsy that you can see here. How much skirt does a 2 year old need? These patterns were ...
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manda made it: January 2014
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Friday, January 3, 2014. DIY Fresh Beat Band Rockstar Jacket, Simplicity 5284 Jacket D. DIY Fresh Beat Band Rockstar Jacket, Simplicity 5284 Jacket D. If you have a preschooler, then you probably know what a BIG DEAL the Fresh Beat Band is. This year, both girls went to the concert, so we needed another Rockstar Jacket. Here is how we made ours:. The star on the right had too little allowance. Star on the left was the re-do. Plenty of room to attach to the jacket now. Overcast on right side. It would pro...
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manda made it: February 2013
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Saturday, February 23, 2013. We have a yogurt problem at our house. Ever since Molly demanded to begin self-feeding, it is everywhere. As chief laundress, this is adding to my laundry efforts and I'm over it already. It is time for some new aprons. Here I am tracing my favorite store-bought apron onto the back of some left-over Christmas paper. The gridlines on the back were very helpful since I was too lazy to pull out the yard stick. Next I pinned right sides to linings (wrong sides together) and topst...