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blog housekeeping
My apologies to everyone who had to see those horrible explicit spam comments in the last few posts - normally I get nonsensical but benign spam comments that I remove eventually but I really should...
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Jumping on the Bloglovin' train
Well it seems my post on spam has hit a note with many of you and we're all suffering from those pointless and annoying comments. I did consider not allowing anonymous comments, but I decided not to...
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Shirtdress love: Vintage Simplicity 6155
I've been wanting to make a shirt dress for quite some time, in fact since I bought this lovely blue floral fabric from The Fabric Shop last November at our first Sydney social sewist meetup:Shirt...
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Happy Easter
How has Easter been for you all so far? I've managed to avoid too many chocolate eggs, but I did make a chocolate fudge cheesecake (from the current issue of Super Food Ideas if any of you fellow...
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Simple red dress: New Look 6968 yet again
So I survived my first week back at work, but boy was it hard. Hard to stay awake and paying attention that is! Toby has developed a bit of a cough so he has been waking quite a lot during the night,...
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First birthday shirt: Burda 9505
I can scarcely believe it myself, but Toby turned one last week. He celebrated by taking his first steps which he soon followed up with some speed walking and I can't help but bust out an old cliché -...
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Third time (un)lucky: Burda 11/2012 #112
I wanted to title this post 'third time is a charm' but I've just had one of those weeks, sewing wise where nothing goes right! I am just so exhausted from Toby still sleeping quite badly at night...
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New Look 6149: wrapping up the project after fourteen years
I'm still lacking in the sleep department and in the sewing inspiration department. I was moping around my sewing room with a bit of time to spare on Saturday and I still didn't feel like starting a...
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Winter dress: New Look 6745
I made the mistake of letting Anna into my sewing room the other day whilst I was trying to trace some Burda patterns. I say mistake because she proceeded to pull fabrics from the stash for me to make...
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Burda 4/2013 #109 dress: bright and bold (and done!)
On the last day of April I've managed to finish my April Burda garment - nothing works like a deadline for motivation! I did procrastinate this issue because frankly nothing really stood out in the...
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Slow sewing
Well it's been an extremely slow week this past week for me sewing wise. Toby has been a bit sick, nothing serious just a cold and very high temperature but it was enough to make him very unsettled...
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High tea and high fashion - the next Sydney sewists meetup
Would you like to partake in a high tea, glass of sparking wine in hand chatting to fellow sewing obsessives and enjoying this view?:source: levelfourteen.com.auOf course you do! Then you simply...
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Fooled again by the big 4....
First up thank you to all those who have emailed me to RSVP to the Sydney sewists high tea - I'll be in touch shortly with paypal details (once I remember my password and work out how to accept...
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Style Arc Marni - the first attempt
I really, really wanted this pattern to work because it has so many things I like in a jacket - a shawl collar which is not just easier to sew than a notched collar but is also a more feminine look...
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Lining the Style Arc Marni
I sewed a lining into the jacket I showed you in the last post, and thanks to the feedback from all the lovely ladies at the ASG sewing group at Rhodes on Saturday I've decided that this jacket is...
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May Burda: winners and losers
June already?! Really, the year is just flying by. I bet all of you that did MMM must be breathing a sigh of relief that May is over with, congrats to all you for completing it.I did manage to finish...
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Kwik Sew 3125 - matchy matchy
When I was growing up the thing I hated with a passion was being dressed the same as my sister. Now that I have kids of my own I can sort of understand why, because in the interests of peace and any...
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Last call for drinks: Sydney Sewists High Tea
Sunday 23 June is rapidly approaching and a lovely group of 18 ladies have confirmed their attendance at the High Tea, including SewBusyLizzie who has only recently returned from an amazing overseas...
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Little boys and bow ties
I slowly eased myself back into the sewing habit this week, although I don't have much to show for it. I'm halfway through making a dress testing the Sugarplum dress pattern for Lolita Patterns which...
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What I wore: Vogue 2538
Thank you to all the ladies that braved the cold, windy and rainy weather on Sunday afternoon for our high tea - I had a fabulous time talking sewing and blogging and fabrics and patterns for hours on...
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