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Adventures in Bra-making Part 2: Epic Underwire

I finally did it! I made myself some bras! For the first time in my life, I have bras that ACTUALLY FIT! They provide good support and they are pretty comfortable. Ready-to-wear underwire bras are not an option for me

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Adventures in Bra-making Part 1: Lounge Bra

My mother sent me her favorite bra that she wanted me to try to clone. She completely wore it out, and of course these bras aren’t made any more. I guess you’d call this a lounge bra – I don’t

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Favorite Sewing Tip of 2015

Note: Since I wrote this, I got another set of markers, and did a quick test on cotton, this time letting the marks dry for two days, and the colors didn’t seem to wash out as well. The green and

Posted in Sewing

2015 Unblogged Sewing Projects

I sewed quite a few things last year that didn’t make it onto my blog. Some items I just never got around to writing about and some just weren’t worth their own post. So here they all are in one

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Lark Tee with an FBA

I need all new short and long sleeved t-shirts, and my attempt at making a pattern from a ready-to-wear tee didn’t work out very well, so I decided to give the new Grainline Lark Tee pattern a try. I haven’t

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Does Temporary Basting Spray Wash Out?

In case you don’t want to read this whole long post, the short answer is no, quilter’s temporary basting spray does not wash out. It will eventually stop being sticky, but I don’t think it actually goes away when washed

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Seam Allowance Marking Templates

I use little circles that my pencil goes through to mark seam allowances along curved seams, and a while back I created a tutorial for making these seam allowance guides by hand. Recently I dropped the little box that I

Posted in Patternmaking, Sewing

Cloning My Daughter in Calico

I tend to get a bit obsessed with custom dress forms. Sometimes I’ll spend more time making them than using them for sewing. But I guess that’s OK – it’s a craft project, and if I enjoy it just for

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Review: Classic Dry Iron – No Holes!

I decided I needed a dry iron – one with no holes in the soleplate – for fusing interfacing and starching. The Amazon product links in this post are affiliate links. If you click on these links and purchase something, I

Posted in Sewing

Blue Summer Dress – Balancing the Stripes

Now that there’s not much summer left, I finally got around to making a summer dress! I’ve had this beautiful fabric in my stash for years. I bought it planning on making a summer dress, but I couldn’t find a

Posted in Patternmaking, Sewing
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