rambling
Savannah Swing Coat — in progress
While at Quilt Market last October, I bought Kay Whitt’s lovely Savannah Swing Coat ($11 by Sew Serendipity). I love the vintage styling and the variations she included (cropped vs. hip-length, shortened sleeves vs. long sleeves, collar modifications). I’ve been holding onto it for months now, but finally got to making it last weekend. I’d
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Like I need another project
Just got this beautiful new laminate from Dear Stella to make a raincoat. Hopefully I can find time to make it before the rain stops. Oh, wait. I live in Oregon–the rain never completely stops.
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Goodbye Grandma
There are few people who have affected my life as much as this lovely woman. I met Dijuan Coates in 1985, the year I met the teenage boy who would become my husband. He would visit her, his grandmother, amid travels and then he and I would hang out, tromping through the hazelnut orchard that
The Sewing Machine Song
Have you seen this? I can’t believe it took me so long to stumble onto it. While the lyrics are all fun and games, I can’t imagine the women who work in factory sewing are really so bonded to their sewing machines. Me on the other hand? I love my little black machine. And yeah,
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Ending with new beginnings
As a Christmas gift/bonus, my boss gave each of us a gift certificate to Cool Cottons, one of my favorite local fabric shops. One of the things I really love about it is how they organize the fabrics by color and not collection like the enormously overwhelming, but fantastic to have locally Fabric Depot. I
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Boys like Creepers, right?
It’s time to make Xmas gifts. Okay, long past time, but life’s been wonky for a while. I just recently got started on gifts for my best bud’s kids. For his daughter (the one who got the owl coat), I decided to make doll clothes. I’ve whipped up a couple of things, but don’t love
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I love a good swap
I joined up with Victoria Wolfe‘s 15 Minutes Play swap this month, my first in so many years that I can’t really remember the last time I swapped fabrics with a stranger. We set up swap partners in the first week of December and I’ve been gathering bits and pieces here and there. My swapper
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quilting right along
I love a good expanse of solid white, especially in a baby quilt. Maybe it has something to do with newness and purity and all that. Maybe not. I just know I like it. And that’s probably why I loved Thomas Knauer‘s Growth Chart quilt pattern as soon as I saw it.
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