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Open For Business The blog has been quiet for a while, but I have been busier than ever. I finally took the plunge and started a sewing business in March.
OOTD 3/10/16
OOTD 3/10/16 by shaewc featuring a genuine leather shoulder bag Talbots genuine leather shoulder bagtalbots.com Talbots gold knot earringstalbots.com Pure Jill textured poncho | J.Jilljjill.com Scoop-Neck Tank – Talbotstalbots.com Stylus™ Skinny Jeans – Plus – JCPenneyjcpenney.com Vintage Brown Beaded& Braided Bracelet by shinystreasureboxetsy.com
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A Little Of This, A Little Of That
A Little Of This, A Little Of That
Happy New Year! As I mentioned in my last post, I had taken a few vacation days in December. Amidst all the “busy-ness” of the season I made some time to do a little sewing and drawing. I have been on the search for a vest pattern for quite a while, and I finally found one that I love! It is the Modern Silhouette Vest from Indygo Junction. I have no idea how I missed this pattern in previous…
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I should just come right out and say it…I was a scrooge this year. Usually I am chomping at the bit to decorate for Christmas as early as my husband will allow (for the first twenty years of our marriage we had a live tree, so he always wanted to wait until the second week of December, while I was always wrangling for December 1st). This year though, I just was not in the spirit. For the second year in a row we had an artificial tree (an old one from work that I borrowed). It has been a very hectic year work-wise for the hubs (i.e., very few off days) which translates to added stress on me. Why, you ask? Well, first of all he is so involved with our boys when he is off that his added work days means I take on all those things he normally handles. Which, let me tell you, is an AWFUL lot! He also usually does most of the cooking, both because he enjoys it and he is BETTER at it than I am. Lately I have had to take on that duty much more (to everyone’s dismay), plus lots of other reasons I won’t go into. Needless to say, I only got the tree done after my 11 year old came home from school the week before Christmas break saying that if we didn’t have a Christmas tree up or the stockings hung on the mantel this year he would just leave Santa a note on the front door. YES, I was shamed enough to put the tree up that day. Unfortunately that was my only decoration until Christmas Eve, when I finally got around to decorating the mantel (yes, those are three Alabama stockings and one Auburn one),
the sofa table (my 11 year old painted the snowman this year :-),
and making the Christmas cookies (not iced!).
Luckily, my Christmas spirit finally showed up that day, and I have been enjoying it ever since! In fact, I am gonna embrace my English brother-in-law’s tradition of leaving it all up until New Years!
I also wanted to share photos of our tree and some of our ornaments. We started our ornament collection the year we married (1993) with one from the Coca Cola Museum in Atlanta, GA.
I was a senior at Auburn University, and my then-fiancé and I drove to Atlanta to pick up my wedding dress. While there we toured the museum and bought the ornament, starting a tradition of buying an ornament or two (or three!) each year.
This year was the first year that I did not use a single “filler” ball ornament. Our tree was decorated entirely with our special yearly purchases and the boys’ handmade ornaments from past years. Of course our respective college teams are represented:
These are a some of my favorites:
And of course some of the handmade:
I think our tree is beautiful, even if it IS artificial! (Disclosure: I still love a real tree, but I have to admit that an artificial one is easier to put up and take down)
Well, there you have it. Believe it or not, I have enough Christmas decorations for every room of my house (including bathrooms), a Christmas village, and outside items. Maybe next year I will get it all out and up, and in a timely fashion.
More importantly, we have had some good quality family time (the Hubs got home Christmas morning and was off the weekend), and I had some vacation days saved so I have been off some with the boys during their school break. I have enjoyed this Christmas more than almost any other we have had despite the “scrooge” beginning!
A Belated Merry Christmas I should just come right out and say it...I was a scrooge this year. Usually I am chomping at the bit to decorate for Christmas as early as my husband will allow (for the first twenty years of our marriage we had a live tree, so he always wanted to wait until the second week of December, while I was always wrangling for December 1st).
Cozy Toesies!
I finished up my second ever pair of knitted socks last night. I cast them on in March, worked up about 2 inches of ribbing on each one, then put them aside. I cannot remember exactly but I believe I used a Lornas Laces sock yarn. I knit them using US2 DPNs (I much prefer DPNs over circular needles for socks) mainly because they were the smallest DPNs I had on hand. I have since ordered US1 DPNs…
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Cashmerette's Appleton Dress Sewalong
Cashmerette’s Appleton Dress Sewalong
I am so excited to be participating in the sewalong for Cashmerette‘s wrap dress pattern, the Appleton Dress. What is so exciting about this pattern is that it is drafted just for us “curvy” girls who need more coverage in the bust area than most RTW wrap dresses or wrap dress sewing patterns usually provide. Jenny’s pattern is sized from a C/D bust to a G/H bust and in sizes 12 -28! The sewalong…
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Costume Time!
It’s costume time again, but not just because it’s Halloween month. Our local high school homecoming is this week, and today each class has a theme to follow for dressing up. I made two costumes, both without patterns. First, my 5th grader decided to be a Circus Ringmaster (his class theme is circus/carnival): E-man is ready to enter the Big Top! I was able to make this from fabrics I had on hand…
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School Spirit Bow Tie Where I live (The Deep South) football is the king of fall. People sport their favorite team logos on everything from hats and Tshirts to, you guessed it, ties.
New Spoonflower Fabrics Are Here! And Available For Purchase ;-)
New Spoonflower Fabrics Are Here! And Available For Purchase ;-)
I had another bout of “fabric design fever” a couple of weeks ago. This time I decided to order fat quarters of them so I could get a better idea of the print layout. Previously I had only ordered 8″x8″ swatches, and it really was not large enough to get a good visual of overall pattern. The result? I love them! I can now envision some of my prints as scarves, some as totes or accessory bags, and…
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Idea for a New Dress I have some medium Weight linen in a dark forest green that I have not been able to decide what to sew it up as.
Fabric Design
So I am a little obsessed with attempting fabric design again! I have just purchased Adobe Illustrator and gotten a trial version of Adobe Photoshop, but frustratingly, I am not comprehending AI at all. I have searched the Internet for tutorials but am having problems finding much that has been helpful. While trying to plod through I got impatient and went back to my old pal Windows Paint and…
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Transition to Fall
Transition to Fall by shaewc featuring vegan bags Charlotte Russe short sleeve teecharlotterusse.com 525 America no sleeve jacketpinkmascara.com Jag Jeans gray skinny jeans6pm.com Carvela Kurt Geiger floral boots$155 – harrods.com Love Moschino vegan bagsaksfifthavenue.com San Diego Hat Co cotton scarvebluefly.com
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A Quick 'n Easy Knit
Hi all! Yes, I have had another loonnng absence from posting on my blog. I have been extremely busy this summer with work and boys off for summer break. I try to sneak in time to create here and there. I have actually made several things (I have a small obsession with linen going on right now), but I just haven’t made the time to blog about it. A few weeks ago, a Facebook friend posted a picture…
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A Basic With A Twist
Pencil skirts are about as basic a wardrobe staple there is. I had just enough denim left over from my shirt dress to eek this one out.
When I say eek, I mean eek! The “twist” I referenced in my title came about because I had to cut my skirt a couple of inches shorter than I like due to fabric limitations. Then I noticed all the pretty selvage scraps and an idea was born.
I stitched two…
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Version Two of #42279
Version Two of #42279
I sewed another version of BootstrapFashion.com pattern #42279. This time I made a sleeveless top. Further changes to the pattern included leaving off the sleeves and collar, shortening the placket, adding side vents, and taking about 10″ off the length to make it low hip length.
The fabric is a lovely linen rayon blend from MarcyTilton.com. It has the most gorgeous drape, really a delight…
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Floral Skinny Jeans
I have been seeing floral pants everywhere this spring. These are just a few that I liked from Asos
and Lands End
I decided I just had to have a pair. The problem was that I could not find a floral fabric that ticked all the boxes. If I loved the print, the type of fabric was all wrong. Finally I found just what I wanted on MarcyTilton.com. As I said in a previous post, this was my first…
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Wide Feet? No Problem!
I struggle to find shoes that I like AND that fit…I wear a US 7 wide to a 71/2 wide according to the brand, and there just aren’t that many stylish wides out there in my price range. If you don’t believe me, just go to Zappos and filter their shoes. When you enter the width filter, you will be amazed at how the available number drastically drops.
When searching for tall leather boots last fall, I…
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