In our house, there are two types of Christmas wrapping: presents from Santa, which come wrapped in paper with store bought tags, and presents from Mom, which comes in handmade fabric gift bags. When Frances was younger and sold on Santa, this was a great bit of holiday magic: *obviously* Santa was real, because otherwiseContinue reading “Selfless? Selfish? Self-agnostic? Sewing: Gift Bags for Xmas”
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And the winner is…
So here we go. At the moment, I’m thinking this pattern: I’ll have to line the sleeves, the skirt and the yoke, but I think the floatiness will work well and be wonderful to wear when it’s hot in the summer, and the piping will help set off the print. But I’ll make up myContinue reading “And the winner is…”
Sewing Pants in Spanish Part I: Patrones 370 Pants #3
The saddest thing about this whole post, Dear Readers, is that I finished these pants weeks ago and have been wearing them regularly but have not had a spare moment to take a picture of them. I had the best intentions this past weekend to find an hour on Saturday afternoon–and then what with holidayContinue reading “Sewing Pants in Spanish Part I: Patrones 370 Pants #3”
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