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    Flamingo Dancer

    posted October 31, 2011 / 16 Comments

    Given my daughter's exposure to my dresses (both vintage and home-sewn) it's only natural that Penelope has become incredibly vocal about what she wears. [...]

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    A Modest Mary Poppins Party

    posted October 10, 2011 / 29 Comments

    There are a lot of great Mary Poppins-themed birthday parties documented on blogs and party sites. This one is beautiful, though very very grand. This [...]

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    Rapenzel

    posted January 12, 2011 / 17 Comments

    We gave up fighting our daughter over the whole Disney Princess thing and instead embraced the princesses that we felt have the most admirable [...]

  • Daily Bits Events Little Projects Penelope

    Everybody Loves a Parade

    posted November 3, 2010 / 12 Comments

    At the very last minute (like literally as my husband was walking out of the house and off to work), I suggested that we [...]

  • Daily Bits Halloween Penelope Vintage Finds

    Elizabeth Bennet, Ladybug Girl and a Pirate Walk into a Bar…

    posted November 1, 2010 / 9 Comments

    You would think that considering how much I love dressing up in period clothing and sewing, I would have had created some wildly ambitious [...]

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    Penelope’s Elizabeth Bennet Costume

    posted October 25, 2010 / 17 Comments

    Because I know that — in between begging for candy and hanging out with her friends — my opportunities to get a good picture [...]

  • Hot! Events featured Film media Penelope

    A Sound of Music Birthday Party

    posted October 11, 2010 / 47 Comments

    My daughter LOVES The Sound of Music. Ever since she first got a glimpse of it on the television back in Christmas 2008, she's [...]

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    Busy, Busy, Busy.

    posted October 9, 2010 / 7 Comments

    Since last Thursday, I have sewn: 10 outfits for children 2 dresses for myself 2 tops and shirt combos 12 pirate loot bags for [...]

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    Halloween Costume Compromises

    posted September 28, 2010 / 19 Comments

    The other day, when I posted a photo of Penelope's first real Halloween costume (and in my opinion the best costume ever), a friend [...]

  • Patterns Penelope

    A Tale of Five Dresses

    posted March 22, 2010 / 7 Comments

    Last week, I mentioned that the pattern I used for Penelope's St. Patrick's Day dress has been incredibly versatile. It has, in fact, been [...]

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    Upcoming Theme: 1940s Patterns

    posted May 19, 2012 / No Comments

    If you’re still on the fence about participating in this week’s challenge (don’t have any vintage patterns, don’t know where to start), here are [...]

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    Upcoming Theme: Out of Time, The 1940s

    posted May 16, 2012 / 10 Comments

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    10 Things I’ve Learned: Loran

    posted May 15, 2012 / 6 Comments

    This week’s 10 Things comes from Loran. Her point “8″ is particular relevant to me — I met her first at the Alameda Point [...]

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    posted May 8, 2012 / 14 Comments

    Last Saturday was the Art Deco Society Preservation Ball and while my friend, Libett, and I didn’t make our gowns, I’m pretty certain that [...]

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    Upcoming Theme: Mix It Up

    posted May 7, 2012 / 7 Comments

    Next week’s theme calls for us to sew something using at least two different prints. I have a pretty difficult time when it comes [...]

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The Sew Weekly began as Mena Trott's attempt to document the process of sewing all of her own clothes in 2010. In 2011, four other contributors (Debi Fry, Adey Lim, Veronica Darling & Sarah Gabbart) joined her and for 52 weeks, they sewed based on a particular weekly theme. In 2012, The Sew Weekly became a much larger group blog with over 130 contributors sewing along each week.

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