tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16282965943468600372024-03-12T20:19:53.683-04:00One Day I WILL Finish...Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666352470629166322noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628296594346860037.post-5667062725677641742012-03-14T19:01:00.001-04:002012-03-14T19:02:05.536-04:00Squeee!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The most fabulous thing happened today! So much better than Christmas...after more than a month of waiting, my new Poetic License shoes have arrived in the mail. What do they look like you ask? </div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mustard yellow, the pompoms, the stripy fabric, what's not to love? What could top all of that? They're comfortable!! Poetic license heels are actually more comfortable than pretty much any other pair of shoes that I own...flats, sneakers or otherwise. BEST DAY EVER! :)</div>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666352470629166322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628296594346860037.post-11321548479630582862012-03-11T11:03:00.000-04:002012-03-11T11:03:52.852-04:00Ava and the FluGood morning to you,<br />
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I got a lovely treat this weekend, the flu! It doesn't seem fair that I only get sick on weekends. Such precious days to waste laying in bed. Especially when those days are the first nice days of spring. I dragged myself up this morning to take some pictures of one of my recent creations - <a href="http://www.victorypatterns.com/products/ava/">Victory Patterns Ava</a>.<br />
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I meant this as a muslin, so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be wearable. Victory Patterns are magic, I tell you. They require almost no alterations and fit great! I made this version out of grey jersey that I found at a thrift shop and some sheer polyester that I thought was really pretty when I bought it but had lost a bit of its charm when it came home (especially once I tried to sew with it!!). I didn't need to use a zipper since I used jersey. I also took about 1 cm off of all the seems at the waist (guess I should have just made a smaller size...) but I blame this on the fact that I used jersey instead of a fabric recommended by the pattern.<br />
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On another note, I finally gave in and bought the <a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/product/1201-renfrew-top">Sewaholic's Renfrew</a> pattern. I generally try not to buy simple patterns that I could easily draft myself but there were just way too many great versions popping up everywhere. I couldn't help myself. It came in the mail the day after I bought it online! Yay Canada! I managed to sew up most of the cowled version last week. Of course, it wasn't until I put it on that I noticed I'd put one of the sleeves on backwards...oops. I meant to finish that up this weekend but alas, it is not to be. I had also intended to start up my dress for the Mad Men challenge. I've decided to make up something similar to Joan outfit here:<br />
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I just have to decide if I want to make it as a dress or as separates. It looks to me like it's a matching sweater and skirt and not a dress. March is running by quickly. I need to get started!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666352470629166322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628296594346860037.post-16757179996551026722012-02-25T23:51:00.001-05:002012-02-26T08:40:23.373-05:00Mad Men ChallengeFor years now I've intended to participate in a sew-along or sewing challenge. I think it would be so inspiring to sew with other people...even if they're in internet land. Julia Bobbin's Mad Men challenge seems like the perfect place to start. I mean, who doesn't love Mad Men? Especially the clothes!! I wish I could prance (or is sashay the more appropriate term?) around the office in a Joan dress. The closest I come is this little number I made awhile back.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRV8b0SZzYlSPyyiiYEU54D9-pynWxPzFFX4gHjkCKUGTJvNniEvdsTVBNhokml8l_wSv1Vztt4nKQx3edPjT7whtdPLXdvZKXZDAamNkkgikq8963TXtIkXzvhGUctkFWKMMVd2h8PNg/s1600/CIMG7651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRV8b0SZzYlSPyyiiYEU54D9-pynWxPzFFX4gHjkCKUGTJvNniEvdsTVBNhokml8l_wSv1Vztt4nKQx3edPjT7whtdPLXdvZKXZDAamNkkgikq8963TXtIkXzvhGUctkFWKMMVd2h8PNg/s320/CIMG7651.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The question is: who to use as inspiration? Do I use Joan as a muse? I do have a number of her outfits on my sewing list. Something like this blue dress perhaps? </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>I'm also quite partial to this one:<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="text-align: center;">Or do I go team Betty? All big skirt/shirtdress?</span> <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a dilemma. I've got a month to figure it out and make it work...of course with work, etc. taking up my valuable sewing time, it's more like 6 or 7 days :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I truly do enjoy spending at least one day on the weekend sewing. If I don't get to sew on the weekend, I feel like I haven't accomplished anything. Forgot socializing or cleaning! It's all about the sewing. Today, I mostly finished my second muslin for a pair of cigarette pants. I'm hoping they'll be wearable. They're bright red! I'm in love. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm progressing nicely on my self-inflicted challenge. In the past week (and a bit), I've whipped up a cute dirndl skirt and Victory Patterns Ava dress (photos to come). </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>It always boggles my mind when simple projects take me 4 times as long as they should. I mean dirndl skirt - cut 2 rectangles, gather, attach waistband. Simple right? Well, for some reason I only cut one rectangle and ended up with a pencil skirt that I couldn't get on! That's right folks, I am a genius.<br />
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</div>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666352470629166322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628296594346860037.post-72820109454649090672012-02-21T18:32:00.001-05:002012-02-21T18:37:27.497-05:00Adventures With Victory PatternsWhen I first saw the patterns from Victory Patterns, I just had to have them. Never mind that I have tons of patterns that I'll probably never use (sigh, at least they're all second hand). But then I thought "Hey! I should support independent designers! Just because I have to spend my days in a cubicle doesn't mean everyone else should have to, right?" Annnnd I'd be supporting a Canadian designer! Done!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Exhibit A: A Suitcase Full of Patterns</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tZ5XjVglbo15ZyZJJ3F1D2GY-ibVWg60ULIvnycJ5muRiqwGmtsHy1lTuSTUzyAsO_62X4eWc5PTTrP1eOdrAz2kiIyyTHhiPHegfFl1sOvWlW8PObeP8r8ToiUxZaqX4S5n_k1Bj2os/s1600/P1060157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tZ5XjVglbo15ZyZJJ3F1D2GY-ibVWg60ULIvnycJ5muRiqwGmtsHy1lTuSTUzyAsO_62X4eWc5PTTrP1eOdrAz2kiIyyTHhiPHegfFl1sOvWlW8PObeP8r8ToiUxZaqX4S5n_k1Bj2os/s320/P1060157.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666352470629166322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628296594346860037.post-30470775447569085172012-02-20T10:27:00.000-05:002012-02-20T10:27:22.572-05:00Better (6 months) late then never.Hi! I've finally decided to start a blog. 6 months or so ago, I realized that my fabric stash had gotten slightly out of control and challenged myself to use the majority of it within a year. Or something like that - that's the problem with challenges that you make with yourself, the details get fuzzy. Anyways, I digress. The point is, that I need to do something about all of the fabric that I have, and keep, accumulating. How bad can it be, you ask? Well I've got a tickle-trunk full<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy0XcDNySWLsvw-haFv2fsMaAeMmevOmSbGeT9aSllY7ZoR9gjOBaPptDRpsrd9G1TWb0BQS5DqjEJ-U6-3F_J2tR52xSFSGLQSu8XQXhNSAnk6vJff__THqJ9YJUq3yKRAzPI6kubIaY/s1600/P1060156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy0XcDNySWLsvw-haFv2fsMaAeMmevOmSbGeT9aSllY7ZoR9gjOBaPptDRpsrd9G1TWb0BQS5DqjEJ-U6-3F_J2tR52xSFSGLQSu8XQXhNSAnk6vJff__THqJ9YJUq3yKRAzPI6kubIaY/s320/P1060156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and suitcases full...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWc-NaParewhh-7eRV3vwh2b1YiAiBLby9CNl1Fsf2hhFr9fytaTYz-3jukPvTN-38noOpd8Hg_z2tsQc1lHHMzaT4y-tI4NcoHjC9-JSkYkOAhcVKEQ8N8aBXyJWpTUpLyVqro_1Khnf/s1600/CIMG7714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWc-NaParewhh-7eRV3vwh2b1YiAiBLby9CNl1Fsf2hhFr9fytaTYz-3jukPvTN-38noOpd8Hg_z2tsQc1lHHMzaT4y-tI4NcoHjC9-JSkYkOAhcVKEQ8N8aBXyJWpTUpLyVqro_1Khnf/s320/CIMG7714.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and bushels full...</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVb1weHk31Nfbe899_ALUNR-EnLtIIbEixVmHXsUdNNQI-iiP4lXP32FsVBzCJifVd9fJfEUHaK72iJixS5HLXtMScv9OsvL93Kt52BdRhBkSZZGsC4SRFX1Q0BTBV5LAwkce_2umQhzP/s1600/CIMG7715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVb1weHk31Nfbe899_ALUNR-EnLtIIbEixVmHXsUdNNQI-iiP4lXP32FsVBzCJifVd9fJfEUHaK72iJixS5HLXtMScv9OsvL93Kt52BdRhBkSZZGsC4SRFX1Q0BTBV5LAwkce_2umQhzP/s320/CIMG7715.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, in fairness, the bushel is full of fabric scraps. I'm being thrifty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've also taken to buying cheap wool coats at thrift stores for the wool **hangs head in shame**.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where do I keep all of this fabric you might ask? Well, I have an entire room dedicated to sewing in my apt. Over the course of just a few years, I went from a small table in the corner of my bedroom to an ENTIRE room. Not that that's a bad thing - I enjoy it :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, here, today, I am re-challenging myself to get into gear and start making more clothing items that I'll actually wear. So I love to make 50s style dresses? Yup. Do I ever wear them more than once? Not usually. Bah. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope this will help me focus. We shall see. This is what I've done so far this year:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRPvyzu_oTFIS5fYgbpyxrhNC6zNR1yWBQEcdaXwJ0Kw-3BQEgD9TPEIdpFPtXpV7OMjKolhQpcaLEDfZnd_d_d_0ikht0ooevfgj6QnuuBf2p8ihgxa9FCyBcK-86vWy9gvmyR2FzOcQ/s1600/P1060113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRPvyzu_oTFIS5fYgbpyxrhNC6zNR1yWBQEcdaXwJ0Kw-3BQEgD9TPEIdpFPtXpV7OMjKolhQpcaLEDfZnd_d_d_0ikht0ooevfgj6QnuuBf2p8ihgxa9FCyBcK-86vWy9gvmyR2FzOcQ/s320/P1060113.JPG" width="206" /></a></div><br />
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