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We were so excited to find out my Cousin Jason and my husband’s long-time friend Jason (not the same person, despite the sharing of names) were getting married this last May and June, respectively. Both wedding colors were orange and blue and my husband was a groomsman in one of them, so I wanted to…
Well, I’ve been a busy bee, but I haven’t been blogging so you’ll get an eye-full today! If you’ve been following me on facebook, you have seen some of this, but there is some new info too so I hope you’ll enjoy reading too.  I am finishing up my last (non-family) wedding and it has…
In all the years I’ve been sewing bridal and other garments, I’ve had yet to master the installation of a zipper into a lined garment where the lining was sewn to the zipper by machine. I’m not sure why this was such a difficult thing to sink into my sewing brain, but alas – I…
Well, here it is – FINALLY! Kim’s skirt, minus the hem and other finishing touches. Ready for a fitting to make sure everything’s a go. I’m convinced this fabric was a better choice than the satin and Georgette we originally chose for her and will create the type of skirt she was looking for. I’ll…
I had an excellent week in my Etsy store with 4 sales this week! Here are the items that now have a brand new and loving home… One of my orders was a custom request, so I didn’t take the time to take pretty photos of it… I was so excited…now I just have to…
I regret that I don’t have any pictures to share, but I just did a fitting with Kim using the 1/2 mock-up, 1/2 real version of her dress. What I mean by that is the top portion of her dress I made up in muslin to test out, but the skirt is pretty basic, so…
Here are the photos of the blouse as promised. Blast from the past, eh? 🙂 Front Front up close Back view
As I was working one morning at the church, one of the ladies in the congregation called to ask if I would sew her a blouse. After discussing my available time frame, she ran the pattern and fabric over… Check out this pattern!I don’t know how long she’s had it, but the fabric was purchased…
I got this picture yesterday from Pam. Doesn’t she look great?AND…You are looking at the current Number One sales director of Mary Kay in the NATION! Congrats Pam and thanks for making my dress shine!!
Well, all the major work is done…now to making sure all the threads are clipped and seams are pressed and a final steaming!Here’s the top up close:And the skirt:Now just a technical note here…How did I get the skirt to stand out like that at the bottom? Well, besides the cut of the dress, the…