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when mena told me the band was getting back together for mad men, she suggested i do an ODI for it. maybe someone spiked [...]
The Facts Fabric: Purple crepe, purple georgette. $5/yd each. Pattern: McCall’s 4994 Year: 1959 Notions: Purple invisible zipper, $1 Time to complete: One week [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 curtains from local Goodwill thrift store $23.97 (and plenty left over), 2yds green poly satin $5.98, white queen size valance [...]
The Facts Fabric: 4 yards Anna Maria Horner cotton from fabric.com, $36 Pattern: Simplicity 5036, View 4 Year: can’t find on the pattern, I’m [...]
The Facts Fabric: 3 yards black on black plaid fabric, $15 Pattern: Vogue 8353 Notions: buttons, lace trim, $3 Year: Not sure off the [...]
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Mad Men Challenge
The Facts Fabric: 2.5m silky poly fabric from chinatown $10 Pattern: Simplicity 3445 Notions: Invisible zipper Year: c. 1960s Time to complete: 4 to 5 hours [...]
Let me begin by saying that I don’t actually watch Mad Men. I have tried several times but only made it part way through [...]
FACTS: Fabric: Vintage (and I mean vintage) silky rayon maybe? Pattern: Retro Butterrick 5707 ’1958′ Time: For Madmen Era (late 50′s-early 60′s) [...]
I think I’ve mentioned that I don’t watch Mad Men often enough to skip right over the reason (or more accurately, the lack of [...]
The Facts ⁃ Fabric: cotton ⁃ Pattern: Burdastyle Magazine 04/2011 #108 ⁃ Year: 2011 ⁃ Notions: self-made bias tape, buttons, elastic ⁃ Time to [...]
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Giveaways
It’s been ages since I’ve hosted a giveaway on The Sew Weekly! Well, readers, I have a treat for you: as part of the [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to integrate real Fashion (with a capital “F”) by being inspired by runway trends. While the following guide [...]
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Ten Things
I started writing in second person narrative because it felt most comfortable to me. I hope it doesn’t come across as domineering, but rather [...]
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Here’s a great piece from Vogue about Queen Elizabeth II’s lifetime of wardrobe choices. If you’re still trying to figure out what to make [...]
Tempest over at Fanbloomingtastic wrote a neat little piece on the ’10 Things Learned’ whilst participating in the Sew Weekly Challenges. Seeing as that reflection is key to [...]
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