My friends. She’s done. The elephant I started more than a year ago is finished! And she’s pretty majestic. There were a lot of stops and starts on this journey, but I’m really happy I pushed through to get it completely done. The elephant in question is the Elephant Abstractions quilt, designed by Violet Craft. The centre elephant is made…
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Sometimes I fall into the trap of thinking that there are types of people who wear certain items of clothing. Like I’ll think, “Oh, I’m not a pencil skirt person.” And I didn’t think that I was an Overalls Person. Maybe I got this impression from looking back at childhood photos of myself with pigtails, a big gap between my…
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More than a year ago, I made my first pair of Avery leggings. I was a really big fan of the pattern, and you can see my previous version here. Last time I went for the high waist and the shorter leg option, and they were so high on me that they touched the bottom of my bra. I wanted…
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This dress is a prime example of why I don’t have a sewing queue like so many people do. I definitely keep a good number of sewing plans swirling around in my brain (and in the form of fabric piles on my sewing table with patterns on top), but I don’t have a list because I want to be able…
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I’m here today to bring you something a little different. Instead of sewing, I wanted to show you my first batch of finished pottery! I had been wanting to try a pottery course for SO long. The local art university offers extended education courses in pottery but they never worked with my schedule because pre-pandemic, I always taught evenings. FINALLY…
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