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  • Pattern Emporium’s The Works Tank, a citrus-y version

    Pattern Emporium’s The Works Tank, a citrus-y version

    And here is the second version of The Works Tank by Pattern Emporium that I promised you in yesterday’s post. And honestly this is my favorite of the two. This one is a size 8 at the bust graded to a size 12 at the hips. I measure a 10 at the hips, but I…

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  • Pattern Emporium Wide Strap Tank — The Works Tank

    Pattern Emporium Wide Strap Tank — The Works Tank

    Nothing like a pattern test to break me out of my rut and get me posting again. While I certainly have some backlog of items to post, I haven’t been making as much in the past couple of months due to travel and work. Fortunately, this pattern is super fast and easy! This is The…

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  • Black Sparkly Hand Knit Venetian Tank

    Black Sparkly Hand Knit Venetian Tank

    Contrary to popular belief, I do occasionally finish knit garments. It just takes me really long because I don’t actually have that much time to just sit and knit. Not as much as I’d like anyhow. So here’s one I did finish — a sparkly black and gold number. I actually finished it a while…

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  • Seamwork Sorbetto Tank Top from Spoonflower Pumpkin Leftovers

    Seamwork Sorbetto Tank Top from Spoonflower Pumpkin Leftovers

    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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  • Tank Dress: 3-Ways Hacks

    Tank Dress: 3-Ways Hacks

    Okay, I’ve got one more (for now) Tank Dress: 3-Ways by Pattern Emporium for you. In my previous post I go into how much I love about the pattern. But now I want to show you some of the extra fun things you can do. The dress above — right, I know my dog steals…

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  • Tank Dress: 3-Ways by Pattern Emporium

    Tank Dress: 3-Ways by Pattern Emporium

      I was super excited to be chosen as a pattern tester for the recent release of the Tank Dress: 3-Ways by Pattern Emporium. I’ve used Pattern Emporium patterns before and found them to be quite well designed so I was looking forward to seeing the testing process and being involved in making one of…

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  • Threadbear Taos Top

    Threadbear Taos Top

    Another pattern that I made a while ago but am just getting around to posting (yes, yes, I know there are a a lot of those). This is the Threadbear Garments Taos Top. I made this using the leftover ponte from my Neenah dress. And let me tell you this top is awesome for using…

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  • Christine Haynes Rumi Dress in Repreve

    Christine Haynes Rumi Dress in Repreve

    This is the Rumi Tank Dress from Christine Haynes. It’s a fairly recent make in the last couple of weeks. The fabric is Repreve which is relatively new (past couple years?) athletic knit made from recycled bottles. I often feel bad using polyester fabric despite how much I like wearing it because of its impact on…

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