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A Mother’s Day Retrospective, Or, Saturday Morning at 7:51am | Privilege
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A Mother’s Day Retrospective, Or, Saturday Morning at 7:51am. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day in the USA. Anne Lamott says she hates Mother’s Day. Can’t say I agree with her. But there’s room for all kinds of opinions, and if I don’t like what I hear, I can close my laptop. Here’s what I do feel about Mother’s Day, or have, in years past. I went through my archives and found a few old posts. 2009: Saturday Morning at 9:56am, Or, Mother’s Day Parade. Yes, to both your thoughts;). I love the honesty in this post ...
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Dressing Up Extreme Casual With A Not-So-Casual Pearl Bracelet | Privilege
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Dressing Up Extreme Casual With A Not-So-Casual Pearl Bracelet. This post is sponsored by The Pearl Source. It is time for Privilege to give away a few pearls. As I said, back when, I own more than my fair share. Earrings, a necklace, a pin. But in setting up this giveaway, I took my cue from pearls that got away, the 3-strand bracelet I had made from 7MM Mikimotos my father had given me when I turned 25. Traveling without a jewelry box leads to a fairly odd conjunction of accessories. Together, pale blu...
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An Actual Room Of One’s Own, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:32am | Privilege
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An Actual Room Of One’s Own, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:32am. I visited my mom this week. On the way to Santa Barbara, I stopped in the totally surprisingly adorable town of Los Olivos. To have lunch with Margy of Fool For Fabric. What a gift. You know when the universe offers you a token of future possible? Margy is older than I am. She’s been working in her studio for years, in various modes of creation. Now she sews some pretty astonishing clothes. I was considering for what has been my son’s roo...
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Eight days of wonderful | Gigi Sews
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New Look 6454 – The Couture Version, Part I →. April 4, 2011 · 9:13 am. Eight days of wonderful. Of course, the week leading up to the eight wonderful days was filled with stress and buckets of tears as I said my final goodbyes to my sweet little Winnie. I can’t believe how quiet the house is without her; that will take a lot of time to get used to. Sat right in front of me. Another week and we would have been finishing each others’ sentences! Supermom Anna made a strapless silk charmeuse evening gown fo...
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New Look 6454 – The Couture Version, Part I | Gigi Sews
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Eight days of wonderful. New Look 6454, The Couture Version – Part II →. April 5, 2011 · 8:21 am. New Look 6454 – The Couture Version, Part I. I decided to make a very fitted strapless dress in Couture Boot Camp because a) that’s a tough thing to fit on yourself and b) I’d never done it before! I selected New Look 6454 as my starting point because I liked the shape of the bodice. After the final muslin fitting, I traced my muslin pattern onto a muslin underlining, again marking the seamlines/grainlines (...
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Communing With Fabric: Portland, Ho!
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Just another blog from a red haired, 50-something, uber busty, slim hipped, funky lovin' sewist! To reach me, email toofunny2 at gmail dot com. Thursday, May 7, 2015. Last year I went with a group of sewing friends to Santa Fe, New Mexico, which you can read about here. This year we decided to head to Portland. Portland is a great destination for folks who love to sew! I was only in Portland for three days, so I couldn't quite squeeze everything in that I wanted to see, but I did pretty well! Well, maybe...
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Can I Wear Pants To A Somewhat Elegant Baby Shower? | Privilege
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Can I Wear Pants To A Somewhat Elegant Baby Shower? I don’t know how the rest of you midlifers feel, but I confess that when my children were big but not grown up, every passing pregnant woman surprised me. People are still procreating? Aren’t we done? Which means, among other things, baby showers. Yes and yes. But let’s look at the Use Case. Now think about baby shower logistics. They are peculiarly seated affairs. You sit at a table, or you sit on a sofa. You watch the mother-to-be open pre...Wear your...
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Is Drudgery Inevitable, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:24am | Privilege
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Is Drudgery Inevitable, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:24am. Compiling 100 entries for the Pearl Source giveaway took longer than predicted. I started yesterday afternoon, lost steam last night, finished up this morning. Larks. I’ve announced the winner on the original post. I guess today’s question is: how much drudgery do we need to expect and bear up under, over time? 8220;Sweetly sings the donkey, at the break of day. If you do not feed him, this is what he’ll say. Others, Deliberate Practice. While writ...
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When Children’s Rooms Grow Up | Privilege
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When Children’s Rooms Grow Up. You guys up for another game of Give Lisa Your Opinions On Color? It was so much fun with the front door. Let’s play for my “studio! This is how the room looked, before. And here’s the room as of April, 2015. Here’s what you see. Pottery Barn daybed, here. Dash and Albert “Harlequin” rug. A very old quilt from Garnet Hill that used to live on my daughter’s bed. A 35-year old lamp from George Kovacs’. Pottery Barn cushion ( current offerings. Eclectic, as one does at 58.
