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Dec
22
We interrupt this program for a very important announcement! It’s that time of the year again….PROJECT RUN AND PLAY!! Anyone else a bit pumped about the possibilities? With Season 6 only a few weeks away, we are gearing up for the sew-along challenges, while looking back at our 2nd season to sew-along in the Flickr pool. […]
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Dec
18
Well, CL finally has a Christmas outfit of her own…..instead of her sister’s seconds! We found the neatest, vintage Christmas print {Moda Nature’s Gift, Snowy White by Deb Strain} during a June fabric trip….and promptly bought and stored it away. We used the Children’s Corner, Carol pattern (hence, the title of this blog)- UNmodified. Sure, in hindsight, we […]
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Dec
16
My sister and I are private people….we really are. But, when the world reeled over the horrendous act of violence in Newtown, Connecticut, it took its toll on me as well. me: 1st grader….many, many years ago You see, I’m a teacher….a 1st grade teacher…in a small town, similar to the one effected….only hundreds of […]
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Dec
13
A few weeks ago, we did our first ever guest post….over at Project Run and Play. And, just in case you missed it, we are reposting it here for your viewing pleasure…. __________________________________________________________________ Hello Project Run and Play readers! We are absolutely thrilled that liZ and Elizabeth invited us to be here today! Two seasons […]
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Dec
10
Well, we did it. We bought some fabric on a whim {again}, and then questioned our judgment and good sense. What in the world are we going to create with this? So, the fabric sat…collected dust…and seemed to taunt us each time we delved into a new project. Then, it happened. An idea finally came to […]
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Dec
6
While we’ve come up with many captions / creative commentary to attach to the photo below, we decided to give our blog readers the opportunity to “CAPTION THIS” (for posterity’s sake): And, as a disclaimer, please note: No humans were harmed in the making of this photograph.
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Dec
5
Hi all! We are over at Elegance and Elephants sharing in Heidi’s Knock It Off Series. And, yes, as we delved into sewing our “Knock Off” garment, we realized quickly we were indeed over our heads. If you want to know more, head over there and read on!
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Nov
30
So, we tried to squeeze in one final fall sewing garment before turning our attention to the quickly approaching Christmas season. While we loved the outcome, we are once again playing catch up with the upcoming garments…. Sound all too familiar? We made an Oliver + S, picnic blouse and and Oliver + S, sailboat […]
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Nov
26
Are you needing a little “Christmas cheer” or something to kick off your holiday sewing?? Today, we are guest posting over at Project Run and Play with a Christmas dress for our niece… Head over there to check out our tutorial on “Piping and Ombre and Tiers, Oh My!”
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Nov
23
This past week, we were given the opportunity to pattern test Shauna’s {Shwin and Shwin} latest pattern – the Lizzy Dress. Wow, oh wow, were we ever thankful we did….. As we sewed along, we couldn’t help but think of, and quote at times, Elizabeth Browning’s famous poem, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count […]
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Nov
5
How many times have you purchased fabric and looked at it the next day, and wondered, “what exactly were you thinking when you purchased THAT?” Well, all I can figure is we thought it was “autumny,” and the word “gingerbread” crossed our lips a few times too. In predicaments such as these, we find ourselves wanting to […]
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Nov
1
So, have you heard about the upcoming “Knock It Off” series that Heidi, of Elegance and Elephants, is hosting for the entire month of November? Heidi inspired so many people {including us!} while competing in season 5 of Project Run and Play, and plans to continue to do so through her upcoming series…… How many times […]
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Oct
28
Ultimately, Sally was the reason we even agreed to make Halloween costumes, after adamantly saying, “Halloween costumes are a job that is too big for us”. So, while a moral of the story should come at the end….Ours is: “NEVER SAY NEVER!” Maybe it was Sally’s blonde hair. Maybe it was her curls on the ends. […]
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Oct
27
You are probably aware of the legend of The Great Pumpkin, a holiday figure (comparable to Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny). The summation: Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, and a humiliated but undefeated […]
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Oct
26
For one day of the year, a Local Living History Farm opens its door gate to visitors – allowing them to get a glimpse of daily farm life from the 1930s and 1940s. The program theme is “Life and Living on a Working Family Farm.” The focus is that the barnyard and animals, the house […]
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Oct
17
Why, oh why, does “signature style” always give us fits?? This should be the easy one…the one to coast out of Project Run and Play’s Sew-Along Flickr Group. Still, it never is…but feel free to join us on our quest for our signature style. How does one define a signature style? Answer: Go with what you […]
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Oct
14
When determining the order for our KCWC week sewing challenge, we opted to save the one we were most looking forward to for the grand finale. Last year, we had made EA a Christmas outfit by modifying the Bonnie Blue, Shelby Kate dress pattern. It came together nicely, and we were pleased with the […]
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Oct
12
YAHOO! Sixty-six percent of our KCWC projects are now completed! One more to go, with two days to spare…. Now, as far as our other ’emergency sewing projects’ (ie: Halloween outfits and costumes) that need to be completed by next weekend – ummm, let’s just say we have our work cut out for us. Unfortunately, it isn’t technically ‘cut […]
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Oct
10
So, we haven’t had a stellar start to participating in our first KCWC!! Weeks like this remind us how slow we are with our sewing, and how lofty our goals are in comparison to our sewing reality…. We finally finished project #1 tonight: Cottage Mama’s Janey Jumper, size 2T. Please excuse the ensuing photos. Natural […]
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Oct
9
Project Run and Play, Season 5, Challenge 5: Fall Holiday Wear Our discussion on the Project Run and Play’s Fall Holiday Wear Challenge went through the following phases: 1. We’ll just skip this one. 2. Could we make something from our fall sewing list and count it as this challenge? 3. Surely we can think of something to do. 4. […]
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