Posted on November 2, 2009 by angerella
WOW…. can’t believe it has been over a month since posting…. I guess I have been busy. Saturday we won a couple of prizes for our creativity. Here is how we spent Halloween 2009:
I build the tweedle bodies out of foam and hula hoops. The shirt is just a Kwik Sew 2272, a shirt pattern that [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2009 by angerella
This post is inspired by some new (old) sewing things that we got in at the store. OMG- I f**king love haberdashery… especially if it is beautiful! I don’t even wind thread and I want one of each.
Sajou- A nineteenth century French company that was recently resurrected. I cannot really find pictures of some of the most [...]
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Posted on July 20, 2009 by angerella
Seems like when it rains… it pours free patterns:
-Nancy’s Sewing Basket (safe haven/ evil addiction employer) also put out a simple apron pattern they call the Manhattan Apron. Here are PDF one and PDF two.
-While I was surfing I found that Selvedge Magazine put out a cute little free PDF called Tie Your Own Apron [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2009 by angerella
Materials:
½ —–yard of a base fabric (I used an Indian cotton voile).
¾ —–yard of a coordinating fabric (I used a Jay McCarroll printed cotton).
2 ¼ —–yards of ribbon (I used two grosgrain ribbons layered and stitch with a machine embroidery stitch).
-Wash all fabric to clean and shrink. All seams are ½”
-Cut from coordinating print:
1 Pocket- pattern [...]
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Posted on June 21, 2009 by angerella
So doing this play was an extreme amount of work but so invigorating and inspiring. There is just something magical to seeing a play build from concept to stage. I just really love being in the theater, but know that it can also lead to burn out real quick.
MacBeth… yep I said it, is a [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2009 by angerella
First…. Butterflies. We went to the Pacific Science Center couple of weeks back to see the 3D Under the Sea. So we had to go to the Butterfly room! It is the first time that I had been in the room (even though I live like six blocks away) and it is really amazing.
So before [...]
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Posted on March 3, 2009 by angerella
O. K. so every year Nancy’s (my day job) goes to the Puyallup Sew Expo put on by Washington State University and held on the Washington State Fair Grounds. We are a vendor and we sell off lots of fabric… mostly stuff that is on sale. It is the biggest Sew Expo in the country. [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2009 by angerella
So I am getting all excited about selling on Etsy and realize that I would like to take my blog more in a fashion direction. In theory (or maybe fantasy)I feel like Esty allows the rouge designer (me) to basically to buy 6-10 yards of fabric that I like, make something to fit me or [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2009 by angerella
So I have put a bunch of stuff on ETSY, come check it out!! If you don’t know about ETSY then you don’t know jack about hand made!
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Posted on January 4, 2009 by angerella
I put some of my pillows on Etsy. Here is the link. I hope to be actually adding more stuff to my Etsy page this year instead of just thinking about adding things. I am off to a great start though…
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