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Just Another Freddie Vest...
I'm back from a little sew-batical! Yeah... my sewing mojo has taken a bit of a beating recently. That combined with a hectic schedule at home + work meant I needed something lighthearted, fun and with...
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M6460: Melbourne Cup Carnival Outfit Planning
Peeps, I've been invited to spend Crown Oaks Day in a Marquee - squee!!! Besides being entirely unprecedented, I mean - since when do engineers get invited to these fancy soiree type things? (In case...
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He sees, She sees
He sees a Self-Levelling Laser Level with a tripod.She sees one hellava hi-tech hem marking tool.Actually, I totally can't take any credit because my dad suggested this whilst I was attempting to level...
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C1017: Get Your Frock On
October is also known in these parts as Frocktober! I'm not quite able to fully join in the mantra of Frocktober (a dress a day, ever day, during the tenth month of the year - to help raise awareness...
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M6460: Ladies who Lunch
Hello dears! It's been a while, hasn't it? And before you ask, no - my brief disappearance and re-emergence is not due to a pregnancy. But aren't we having quite the sewing blogger baby boom right now?...
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One Year Blogiversary Giveaway
Wow. Whodathunkit? When I started this little blog, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.So to celebrate 1 year down, I'm giving away a 2m x 0.98m piece of the lace I used to make my Ladies who...
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The Racy-Lacy Winner
Congratulations, Sew Hopeful!Please do email me your full name and address so I can send this little package on its way! One day (hopefully soon-ish) I look forward to seeing what you make of it... but...
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G32001: Moss Mini Skirt
After a over 4 weeks of not being able to sew, I'm finally back in action and have made Grainline's Moss Mini Skirt. The above photo courtersy of TJ from The Perfect Nose, post a frenetic morning of...
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117-08-2009 Serenageo's Blouse
Today I'm going to blab on about how much I love the sewing blogosphere. Everyone is just so awesome. Case in point - when serenageo of Burdastyle posted this gorgeous, floaty top from the August 2009...
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Class of 2012
Ack. End of the year already? I've been doing a stash and pattern stocktake to try and document what I have so I actually know what I have. And whilst I was at it, I thought I'd share who (or more...
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2013: The year of practical sewing to be
I hereby pledge that 2013 will be the year of practical sewing. Should I sense a desire to deviate from the straight and narrow I shall turn to Pinterest to scratch my itch until I am once again sated...
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Tigerlily Shorts
Summer has hit with a vengeance. I took these photos on Saturday morning - and I don't think the temp dipped below mid 30's (90 F) at my house all friday night. Hot Hot Hot! So it's definitely time for...
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An Icing Event: SewcieTea
High Tea at The Windsor for my bestie's 30thI consider myself something of a high-tea afficionado... I LOVE tea. I love champagne - (the real stuff, you know, from france).I love scones, jam and thick...
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NL6735: Latte and Lace
Ethereal geometric lace, some coffee coloured knit and a whole lotta pivot points. Mix them all together and you'll end up with something that looks a bit like this!I've been wanting to make another...
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Epic Stash Enrichment Outing
I hadn't bought fabric since the start of October last year, people. And like all diets of the strictest kind, you're likely to break your rules at some point and binge on the very thing you sought to...
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Deer&Doe: A Blue Belladone
My goodness, what a crazy January it's been. You know, the kind where you look up and by some magical occurence it's practically the end of Febuary? Ha! I was seduced by the Belladone at January's...
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The Marfy SS 2013/2014 Collection
In mid-January I recieved a tantalising email letting me know the 2013/2014 Marfy catalogue was soon to be released! This got me excited, so I hopped on over to www.marfy.it and was pleasantly...
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Boldly going where we've gone before
It's déjà vu in blue, dear readers. I've been loving my Tigerlily Mk II shorts so much, that it made sense to try and squeeze another out of the leftover fabric... I made these inbetween starting and...
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M4993 vs my Left Brain.
Left Brain: I told you so. You listened to me when you got halfway through that last vintage dress pattern muslin disaster that dastardly Right Brain conned us into sewing up. You should KNOW by now...
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SewcieTea is coming...
When is a pun too much? Apparently... when you have two of them in the space of a single word with three syllables. Confusion has been abound, brought to my attention via Twitter. And fair enough, I...
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The First Annual SewcieTea!
What a wonderful afternoon we had today! My only gripe was that 2 hours felt like 15 minutes and was all over in the flash! We had 26 lovely ladies come along... so lets see some pictures!Siobhan,...
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Turn of Cloth and a WIP
Its been a little quiet on the sewing front here recently... but that's soon to change. I've been working away at turning the disaster that was McCalls 4993 into something I'd actually like to wear,...
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Your knowledge will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
Awesome Star Trek references aside, on Saturday I learnt how to knit - from one seriously talented knitter whose work I've admired from afar for a long, loooong time. Yeah, I totally know you can jump...
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Abandon SHIP!
image via eBaySame ol' blog, brand new address.Yep, I've switched platforms, and from now on will be blogging from over here:www.poppykettle.comIf you follow me via bloglovin', then you don't have to...
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Whaaaaaat? You're still here? I'm now blogging over at www.poppykettle.com.If you haven't already made the switch to follow me there (if you follow me with bloglovin, you're already following me at the...
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