I wanted to continue showing you the Charm Patterns items that I’ve made over the years. This is actually the very first one I ever made. It’s the Rita Blouse and technically this was a very wearable muslin. I kept planning to make another, but I kept getting distracted by the other amazing patterns Gertie came…
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One of the fun things about working on my winning look for the Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 was getting to try out a bunch of new tools and techniques that I wouldn’t have otherwise had the motivation to do so. It really pushed me to explore. So for part 5 of the series I…
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Welcome to part 4 of my series on my winning look for the Her Universe Fashion 2023, totally Minnie. Wanting to start at the beginning of this construction journey? Check out this post first. Today I’m talking all about those dots on my bodice which you can see pinned on above as I was figuring…
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When I posted about the Charm Patterns Retreat that I went to in September, it dawned on me that I had never actually posted about any of the Charm Patterns I’ve made. Admittedly, that’s because I’ve been terrible about getting photos for them. I feel like I need to get dressed up for photos even…
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This is part 3 of my series on making my judges’ choice winning look Totally Minnie for the Her Universe Fashion Show 2023. Want to start at the beginning of my construction journey? Start with this post. One of the hardest parts was the cutouts on the bodice. Originally I was just going to do…
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A very long time ago I said I would post about the Seamwork Sorbetto top that I made using leftover fabric from a Sprout patterns Zippy Top that I made. Well it has been so long that back then, Seamwork was called Colette Patterns and Sprout has since gone out of business (although their parent company Spoonflower…
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For this post in the series about my Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 Totally Minnie look, I’ll be talking about constructing the bodice. Want to start at the beginning? Check out this post. Technically, I should post about the effective muslin I made which was an 80’s rocker style dress, but I want to get…
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Welcome to the first part of many about the construction of my Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 Totally Minnie look. My goal is to get one part out a week until I’ve covered everything. Be forewarned that these are lengthy posts with lots of photos since they’re brain dumps of my thoughts and trials and tribulations…
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I keep wanting to make my posts all logically ordered, but then I also realize that I have such a backlog of posts that I should just post them and get on with it, so here we go . . . If I look a bit messy, it’s because this photo was taken shortly after…
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This September I was lucky enough (or fast enough, depending on how you look at it) to get a spot in one of the Charm Patterns Dressmaking retreats up in Newburgh, New York. It was an amazing time! This was due primarily to the amazing group of women that that I got to attend with…
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