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  • Victorian Tea Dress goes to Mary Cassatt – McCall’s 8304 review

    Victorian Tea Dress goes to Mary Cassatt – McCall’s 8304 review

    Well, it’s certainly been a hot minute since I lasted posted. It’s not that I haven’t been sewing. In fact, I’ve been sewing a ton! But that’s part of the issue — I’ve been making so much that I haven’t had time to sit down and my computer and write about all the things I’m…

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  • Child’s Belle Costume

    Child’s Belle Costume

    This was the Belle costume that I made for my cousins daughter (first cousin once removed?) a year or two back for Halloween. I used the same pattern McCall’s MP551 that I used for the Cinderella costume I made. Apparently after she got the Cinderella costume, she loved it so much she wanted to be…

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  • Cinderella’s Cape (McCalls M6420)

    Cinderella’s Cape (McCalls M6420)

    In the last post, I showed the Cinderella costume I made for my cousin. They live in the middle of the country and I just assume anywhere that isn’t Florida is probably freezing in October at night. So I wanted to make sure she had a coordinating layer to keep her warm. I used McCall’s…

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  • McCall’s 3017: Flannel Pig Pajamas Pants

    McCall’s 3017: Flannel Pig Pajamas Pants

    Yes. That is correct. This is Pigs In Pajamas in pig pajamas. So meta. Although that picture makes me looked a little bloated and pasty. Oy. Phone cameras. I’d had this fabric for well over a year. Maybe 2. I’d seen in the store and knew I need some pajama pants out of it. NEEDED.…

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