Phew! I have emerged from mask-making purgatory to sew for myself again, just in time for Me Made May. As you may know if you read this blog regularly, I’m not really big into sewing for others unless it’s a gift that I’ve conceived of and chosen to make. I like to sew things that I want to sew. (This…
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Y’know, this should come as a shock to no one, but not everything I sew is a winner. And by “winner” I mean, “a garment that I want to wear first every time it comes out of the laundry and suits my style and my lifestyle perfectly”. Not “a garment that was sewn really well using a really nice fabric…
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Friends! Today is the two year anniversary of this blog! I started this blog after weighing the pros and cons for a long time and mostly thinking I didn’t want the obligation of a blog. It felt like out of nowhere on April 11, 2018 that I finally realized that I really did want an online space to call my…
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I’m still finding it very hard to believe, but I finished my Snoqualmie Cardigan! This cardigan has been a SAGA with many highs and lows and spanning more than 18 months. It’s the biggest knitting project I’ve ever undertaken, and it feels very strange to not have it on my needles anymore. Everyone, meet my giant squishy purple cable-y cardigan!…
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Hi friends! Here’s another project I’d had in the queue for a while. Normally I can’t completely resist the new shiny fabrics or patterns that appear on my Instagram feed, but right now I’m being forced (like so many of us) to sew from the things we already have. I’m finding it’s very satisfying as someone who likes to complete…
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