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A Comment from Marcy Tilton
Dear Readers, I intended to make a correction to my last post on Monday, January 19, when I announced the Giveaway winner. However, upon receiving a comment from the pattern designer Marcy Tilton, I...
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Notebook Giveaway Winner!
Congratulations to N MacGregor, the lucky winner of A Sewist’s Notebook! Please contact me at goodbyevalentino@gmail.com by Wednesday, January 21 or another winner will be selected. For readers...
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Vogue 9022
How many times have you seen a ready-to-wear garment that you KNEW you could make… if only you had the pattern? That was certainly my reaction upon seeing this Akris Punto dress, and when I noticed...
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Hot Pink Boucle!
How do you like our six inches of snow? We get ridiculously excited about every winter storm warning in the South, wipe out the grocery stores and cancel events in anticipation of snow. This ‘winter...
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Vogue 8950
Had I planned to be gone for over two weeks I would have announced a short leave of absence. I’ve been sewing like crazy on non-blog related projects, one of which involved sewing red cheerleading...
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Neoprene Delight!
How’s this for a One Yard Wonder? It’s true – I made this dress with one yard of Mood Fabric’s Watercolor Clouds Digitally Printed Stretch Neoprene. There’s more where this came from too. Check it out...
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There Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime Blues
What can I say? I’m in a blue and white phase…. and I wish I had a suntan. Greetings from Edisto Beach Believe it or not I’ve been on the lookout for a simple shift dress with cut-in shoulders for...
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A Lizard, Newspaper, Craftsy and Silk
Maybe you read Pamela Druckerman’s New York Times Op Ed on Sunday. It’s a synopsis of the commencement speech she gave to students graduating from the Paris College of Art, an American art and design...
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Peacock Kaleidoscopic Neoprene!
It is said the two best days in the life of a boat owner are the day you buy the boat and the day you sell the boat. I’d like to extend the joke to writing a book…… thrilled to sign the contract, but...
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Garment #6 – Vogue 8689
My goodness ~ thank you, Readers, for solving the pajamas vs. shirt dilemma! You overwhelmingly suggested that I stay true to my original intention, and I am taking your advice. I will wear the top as...
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Garment #7, Vogue 8379
Greetings There is viscose and there is viscose. I am wearing viscose, more specifically Poppy Abstract Stretch Viscose from Mood Fabrics. Upon reading the website’s fabric description as “wonderful...
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Floral Explosion and Giveaway Winner
Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Readers! My hometown of Spartanburg, SC has gone all out putting hearts on the lampposts and red dye in the fountain I finished my new shirt just in time for the big day....
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Carolina Herrera Stretch Silk
I scored big time finding this beautiful Carolina Herrera Leopard Printed Stretch Silk Twill from Mood Fabrics. I ordered the fabric with a wrap dress in mind, but after the fabric arrived I came...
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Seersucker Beach Pants – Vogue 7912
For some reason, my husband and I have not been to the beach together in almost one year! Greetings from Edisto and Happy Memorial Day! I didn’t know I wanted a pair of wide-leg beach pants until the...
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Vogue 9214 and Eloflex Giveaway!
It’s raining, it’s pouring and summer is almost over…… dreary I know, but a beautiful rainbow awaits. Introducing Coats and Clark Eloflex, an innovative performance s t r e t c h thread designed for...
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Giveaway Winner and Answers!
Greetings, Dear Readers and Happy Sunday Writing my posts in a lighthearted spirit is and has always been my style, but today, no matter how my words come across, my heart is with family, friends and...
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Party Time! Vogue 8997
Raise your hand if you’re an Oscar de la Renta fan. That would be me! Frankly I should raise both hands. I think Oscar de la Renta makes the best party dresses on earth! I’m drawn to the gorgeous...
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Scuba Knit Redeemed – Vogue 9047
If you think I made the same dress twice I can understand why……. Greetings! My first dress for the 2018 RTW Fast is the same fabric as my last dress – the Christmas dress blogged here. I knew from the...
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McCall Pattern Company Interview & Giveaway
The McCall Pattern Company founded in 1870 is a mainstay of the home sewing industry. Through the years, the pattern companies have undergone numerous business changes but they are still here! I had...
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Red-Eye Shopping and a Pattern Giveaway
A big meal, red wine, chocolate, a cold and cold medicine generally lead me to one thing: a sleepless night. Good morning. What’s a sewist to do when awake at 3:00 am? I went window shopping…....
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