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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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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I finally posted the class schedule on the Nancy’s Sewing Basket Website. Sorry for the delay. If you are in the Seattle Area… we really have some fun! Posted are the basic sewing classes as well as Candace Kling ribbon manipulation classes. I posted about her here.
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Seattle is starting to look like Tahoe (where I spent my childhood) with its 6-12 inches of snow over the last two days.
In other news- I made nuts instead of going to work today. I made a sweet batch and a savory batch.
Sweet batch:
6 cup raw nut mix (I used three pecan and three almond)
3 egg [...]
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MMM-MMM good! This is a shot from Orrapin, one of my favorite restaurants in Queen Anne, Seattle. Orrapinis a very nice woman and the food is always delish.
The weekend before Halloween Nancy’s (day job) hosted their bi-annual Candace KlingRibbon Classes. I have never been able to attend the class nor meet Candace but this time I [...]
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The city of Seattle may be banning plastic bags soon. Nancy Sewing Basket (my day job) made a little DIY PDF. You can find it here and here. Sorry for the two links but my boss made two PDFs so we could print (en mass) front and then back. You can save a tree and print [...]
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