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Moonshine Isabella Dress

Before I tell you more about the dress that I made, I have to tell you a very sweet story. It sort of makes my eyes well up thinking about it. Last month, I had a booth at Quilt Market. I had a small amount of my new fabric to work with; I still wanted to make and display...

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Serendipity Studio Tara Dress

I made these two dresses to wear to Quilt Market in May, and in the flurry of having to make a lot of stuff, I never blogged about them! Which is good timing to blog about them today as I am in the middle of working on a new bag pattern - I pulled out all the stops for...

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Jungle Ave. Willow Tunic

I hope you are having a great weekend! I just wanted to share the first of four outfits that I made to wear to Quilt Market next week! All four outfits were made from brand-spanking new Serendipity Studio sewing patterns. The first outfit that I made was the Willow Tunic. This is a dress/tunic with princess seams, a contrasting self-lined...

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Serendipity Studio Camera Bag

I made this camera bag a few weeks ago for my mom for Christmas. This is the camera bag sewing pattern from the Serendipity Studio Media Frenzy booklet, which also contains a laptop bag, GPS bag, and camera sleeve. The camera bag can be made in 2 different sizes; the smaller one is on the cover of the booklet in...

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Ramona Wrap Dress in Tula Pink Acacia

I made this wrap dress a couple of weeks ago, and have really been looking forward to showing you the finished dress! This is the new Ramona Wrap Dress sewing pattern by Kay Whitt of Serendipity Studio. If you know me, by now you know that I am a huge fan of Kay's patterns, and when she told me...

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Handmade Clothing Explosion

Hi guys! I feel like I've been half awake this past week; my kids have been sick (then I got sick), and in a rush I was also trying to finish up some outfits to wear to Quilt Market this weekend. I've been busy sewing things for a couple of booths for Market, so I asked myself 'do I...

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Book Review: Sew Serendipity

I wasn't intentionally meaning to blog another book review so soon, but I was working on a project that happened to be out of a book, so I figured...what the heck. :) This is 'Sew Serendipity' by Kay Whitt of Serendipity Studio. This book is a couple of years old, and I can't believe that I...

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Quilt Market – Serendipity Studio

The new Serendipity studio pattern, the Sally ShirtdressAnother of my favorite booths at Quilt Market is from Kay Whitt of Serendipity Studio. Dare I say that Kay is sort of a mentor of mine? I don't know, I guess she is because she certainly knows everything about everything! Especially in the garment-making department!The dresses on the mannequins in the front...

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One More Monique Dress…Be Back Next Week!

I pretty much finished this Serendipity Studio Monique Dress a couple weeks ago, I just didn't hem it. Finished the hemming today. It's a bit above the knee because that is all the fabric I had of this out-of-print Amy Butler Gothic Rose Burgundy fabric.I'm going to pack it in my suit case as my back-up dress...I think. Of the dresses...

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Serendipity Studio Kimono

I made the Serendipity Studio Kimono Dress sewing pattern, in tunic length, to wear to Quilt Market on the plane. This pattern really will flatter any body shape, and it was so pleasurable to sew up! Just lovely!Fabric - For the fabric, I used Anna Maria Horner voile called Square Dance. I have it in 4 different colorways, and eventually I would...

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A Love Dress

Another dress finished to wear to Quilt Market in a couple of weeks! You might recall the Typewriters Dress that I finished last week, using Kay Whitt's Serendipity Studio Monique Dress pattern (with a circle skirt substituted). I made 2 additional dresses, and this is one of them (the other I'll photograph for you another day, I was sort of disgusted with...

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Sewing Back-to-School: Garment Facings

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! Kay is an extremely talented sewing pattern designer. Not only does she design bags, but clothing as well! You can...

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