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Silly
Thanks for all the encouraging positive feedback on "For Your erudition" post. I enjoyed reading and researching Balenciaga and will definitely be writing more about the other greats.I put up a photo...
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Dash for the Deadline
The end of January is fast approaching (hooray - pay day!) and the first Jungle January is drawing to a close. In a last ditch attempt to 'move' into animal prints I online purchased a rather cheap...
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swap (in small letters)
I think I might just have got the idea behind this and what to do about it... just give me a minute - still getting to grips with Pinterest and what it offers.That devious and manipulating minx of...
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Back to Basics
After my foray into the wild and untamed world of animal print clothing (I suspect Prttynpnk has developed a worldwide sewing-manipulation ray gun and has stashed said weapon thereabouts in her sewing...
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Rainy Day Welts
I have returned full time sewing time to concentrating on my SWAP '13 and I'm currently tackling the bridging garment - a raincoat/trench. This will keep both Audrey and Katherine protected in...
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For your Erudition - HG
Bettina Blouse HUBERT GIVENCHYTime to get serious again..... continuing series on the history, legacy and benefits of past designers. Hopefully you'll learn something, or at least appreciate today's...
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Rainy Day Bridge
SWAP 13 , the bridging garment - a reversible raincoat.This is what finishing an inside seam on a two piece sleeve looks like. I started to mess about with a fancy stitch along the edges of the...
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Coco's Garden and Other Stories
I'm beginning to think that life is just a series of coincidences - one event/decision/action leads to an apparently unrelated event/decision/action, which leads to another and so on, until all those...
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Cheap & Chic
Today I went to the hairdresser's and then I went to the shops...... and I bought........some clothes!!!!!One of the things was a pair of Moschino trousers: small black and white houndstooth wool with...
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Mosch, Me and Aud
Having reviewed a lot of photos of Moschino trousers I am strongly of the opinion that they are designed to fit badly in and around the crotch area.So I didn't feel too bad when I made my alterations...
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It's a Man's Shirt World
I need shirts, especially white ones. I checked the contents of the wardrobe recently and my old white shirts are distinctly grey. While I should be putting my head down and working on SWAP 13, there...
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Brown paper parcels....
WORK: talked all day: dealt with idiots in suits: the high heels are killing your calves but you won't admit it: the perfect morning make-up has long since worn off: battled with rush-hour traffic:...
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Ms. Coco Moneypenny
Got a bit of sewing mojo back this week and tackled the Centre for Pattern Design's CC inspired fold skirt.And I quote:Once upon a time a former student brought her aunt's unforgettable skirt to class,...
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Bag o' Linton!
With my recent order from Linton Tweeds I also received a little package of fabric samples. Believe me I was tempted, but so far have resisted. I remembered that I had ordered some samples from them a...
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For your Erudition - EH
I'm in a quandary - I don't know where to start with this month's designer - do we even label her as a designer? Most certainly prolific, popular, perfectionist and prominent - and so much more...
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What's Better than....?
A white shirt......With statement buttons....Made in pristine Oxford cotton from Vogue Very (very) Easy 8708 - OOP and only minor modifications.And dark blue tailor tacks sewn into the collar!!!!!!!But...
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Kate's Suit
I'm going to harp on again about the lack of actual, real life fabric shops where I live..... but for some strange reason we have tonnes and tonnes of curtain fabric shops - I mean hundreds of them! My...
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Waist not.....
It almost wasn't made: the fabric is a fine checked wool and I thought, wool - I'll never get my wear out of that at this time of year! Ha! Mother Nature had other things in mind and has insisted on...
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Tick Tock
This week on BBC we were all treated to the Great British Sewing Bee (Tuesday 8.00pm) - an elimination contest of sewing your own clothes - not designing like Project Runway - but picking a pattern,...
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Anon
This is in honour of all those anonymous comments that are written by considerate and caring individuals who think we want to read their well penned gibberish and 'check out' their websites. I mean,...
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