The Flip Flop Dress features a lined bodice that can button front OR button back, with either a rounded or a square neckline, and a full gathered dirndl skirt. The bodice hits…
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The Flip Flop Dress pattern started out, years ago, as a style my mother manufactured when she made children’s clothing for her cottage company back in the late 80s and early…
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I’ll be going on and on about this pattern for a few days, just be warned. I’ve made about a zillion of them, and my daughter wears them all. the. time.…
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I learned a lot of my sewing through osmosis. Watching my mother and grandmother work their magic was part of my childhood landscape. So the tools that I used when I began…
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A week before the Fourth, my kids were all looking for their Stars and Stripes outfits. Our neighborhood hosts a kids’ parade–complete with bike/wagon decorating competition and bake-off–and they wanted to…
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Sewing people are the best people. I had this thought the other day, not for the first time, but clearly, like a lance through my skull, reminding me that sewing people…
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The night before we left for our recent epic trip to New York and Boston, I (quite naturally, in my opinion) stitched up some cute little cases for my goodies along…
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This past weekend, we ventured out to an event we’ve never attended before: the Atlanta Food (and Craft) Swap. Hosted by Homestead Atlanta, this is usually “just” a food swap, but…
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When I was dreaming up the Prayer & Meditation Cushion pattern, one of the first epiphanies I had was that it really needed piping. One of the best parts about piping…
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THIS year! Is finally The Year! After ages and ages and ages of planning a Real Garden, we’ve finally tilled the soil and sprouted seeds.…
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Ever since I learned to install the “exposed enclosed zipper,” I have been minorly obsessed with them. They seem to work on, like, a zillion different projects, perfectly. I used one on…
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I must really, really, really like my sister. She’s getting married in two weeks (eek!!), and I agreed to sew up the table linens for her reception.…
