Border Print Hazel

Work travel prevented me from doing much sewing this week, as well as getting a post in on time last Sunday. Look for a post later this week as a peace offering. One thing I pride myself on is the ability to learn from my mistakes. The Colette Hazel pattern is one I've used three times now, and...

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Wine Bottle Sconces

When we were planning our wedding, I read a ton of wedding blogs. Included in this was this awesome article from Wedding Party that just inspired me. So, I asked my now father-in-law and the hubby's best man to stockpile wine bottles for me. Then, a couple weeks ago I gathered them all up and...

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Wedded Bliss

I'm sitting in my office staring at my beautiful bouquet and the remnants of the flowers from our reception, and I'm astounded at how much of a weight lifts once the festivities are done. The last of our house guests have gone home, the cake is in the freezer, and the dress I spent so long stitching...

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Crafted this week, vol 1

  My Adelaide muslin is still in the muslin stage, so I won't have anything to show until next week. Wedding preparations came first. I did manage to make a few things this week though. First, I tried out a recipe from the book Mug Cakes: One of the recipes is for a Blueberry Muffin. I...

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Rehearsal Dinner Dress

I've learned a few things while working on this dress. 1) When a pattern calls for 60" wide fabric, sometimes 56" wide doesn't cut it. 2) In the course of the 4 (four!) muslins I made for the top, I learned I should've been doing something called a Low Bust Adjustment this entire time. 3)Even...

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