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30 Oct
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Free Webinar: The Seamstress’ Palette

One of my top 3 most favorite sewing pattern designers in the whole wide world just had a book released called The Colette Sewing Handbook, and to accompany the book, she is hosting a FREE webinar (online seminar) all about choosing the perfect fabric for your sewing projects!Now, I thought that choosing fabric was pretty self-explanatory, but now that I've...

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30 Aug
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The Colette Diaries – Crepe {Week 1}

This post is part of my Colette Diaries series. Feel free to check out my original Colette Diaries post for schedule and previous posts!Today I begin work on the Colette Crepe dress. It's an easy dress that wraps closed with ties...no buttons or zippers! In case you're following along at home, feel free to check out the...

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22 Aug
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Sewing Back-to-School: Prewashing Fabric

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Sarai from Colette Patterns is such an inspirational pattern designer! I am currently working my way through all of the patterns through my Colette Diaries series. Sarai has...

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20 Aug
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The Colette Diaries – Ginger {Week 5}

This post is part of my Colette Diaries series. Feel free to check out my original Colette Diaries post for schedule and previous posts!So this is the final week of construction on the Ginger skirt! Last week I inserted the invisible zipper, and this week, all that's left is to finish the...

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03 Aug
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The Colette Diaries – Ginger {Week 3}

This beautiful Ginger skirt is from paunnet.blogspot.com This post is part of my Colette Diaries series. Feel free to check out my original Colette Diaries post for schedule and previous posts!This week, I have a little 'Ginger' inspiration for you, and as promised, I'm going to show you how I made the contrast piping...

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28 Jun
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The Colette Diaries

Colette 'Eclair Dress', and rockin' some handmade bags! So I've decided to embark on a pretty ambitious project. My goal is to make all of the Colette Patterns, from easiest to hardest. I made the Eclair Dress earlier this year, and the instructions and design are just phenomenal.The designer of these patterns, Sarai Mitnick, has provided me...

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06 Mar
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Colette Patterns Eclair Dress

I could not wait to show you this dress and tell you about the process of sewing it! I apologize for the bad pictures, I just don't think it would work going outside in a strapless dress to take pictures in the snow, lol. I still cannot believe I made a dress like this...I mean, I've made dresses before,...

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03 Mar
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Giveaway Winner! Dress Progess!

The winners of the Betsy Ross sewing patterns are Becky for the bag pattern and BillieBee for the skirt, who commented that she wanted to make a skirt for her granddaughter!And here's my sneak peak of the Colette sewing pattern that I'm working on right now...this is going to be the strapless dress with the beautiful back tie. My grandmother helped me fit it the...

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14 Jan
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Colette Patterns

'Eclair' sewing patternI just wanted to share some Colette Sewing Patterns that I'm buying in a co-op that ends next week. I've had my eye on these patterns for quite some time, but at nearly $20, just never thought that I would get a chance to buy.'Parfait' sewing pattern   I think they're very vintage-looking and unique! I am anxious to...

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