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Skirting the Issue 2016

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Aug 12, 2016
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I haven't done any writing this summer, so this space has been bare.  Sorry.  I did get some skirts done for Skirting The Issue, and we dropped them off yesterday for the Florence Crittenton School Supply Drive.

 

I made simple skirts again this year, and I even sewed sizing tags in!

 

June Bag of The Month

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jun 20, 2016
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Back in the rut of not writing.  The Bag of The Month Club ended and started up again!  I am excited for July's release.  Here's my June bag by Chris W. Designs.  It was tough, but I made it through.  

 

The fabric is Millie's Closet by Riley Blake.

Simplicity S0902 and BOTM!

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on May 29, 2016
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Normally, I don't make the big name brand patterns.  They make me nuts as the directions never seem to make sense to me.  I keep trying though.  This one caught my eye.  It is so pretty and so me.

 

The Honey Blouse

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Apr 16, 2016
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A few months ago I went to a Treelotta Pop-Up and bought this pretty rayon fabric.  I decided, as I purchased it, that it would be a blouse.  I really don't make blouses.  At that point, the hunt was on to find a pattern...

 

Not sewing...

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Apr 9, 2016
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My sewing machine is in the shop.  I'm lost.

 

 

Today I cut some things out.  Not good enough.  I've been listening to Chumped.  That helps a tiny bit.

 

 

 

BINGO in March

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Mar 25, 2016
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Still no BINGO for me.  Seriously.  I have been sewing alot (except for when I was sick), but I haven't been focused on the BINGO.  Oh well.  Also, I fell off the wagon bought a bunch of fabric.  Not cool.

 

Here's the Polaris Bag.  It's the March Bag of The Month.  Pattern by Sew Sweetness.

Pepernoot Hooded Coat Complete!

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jan 17, 2016
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I spent a lot of time the past two nights finishing my coat.  The exterior is corduroy and as I was working the dye was staining my fingers.  What!?  So, today it's been washed and soaked and extra rinsed like crazy.  Hopefully it will be leaky no more when I take it out of the dryer.

 

 

Hooded Pepernoot Coat Part 3

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jan 3, 2016
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It's starting to look like a coat finally!  It's awesome.  I sewed the bodice pieces to the bottom pieces, then shoulder seams and side seams.  Next up, I need to get some interfacing bonded on.  I also have not even cut out the lining.  I'm feeling good.  I haven't sewed anything in 2 weeks or so.  

 

BINGO 2016! Join me!

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jan 1, 2016
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Sewing BINGO rules – Sarah’s Way

The Game - There are 6 BINGO cards.  I intend on working on them beginning with my first project of 2016.  I am choosing (at this moment) to not overlap the projects.  So, even if I am using scraps and making a garment from a Peek-a-Boo Pattern, I am only going to block off a box on one of the cards – EITHER the Pattern Card or the Stash Card but not both.  I hope to only make things that appear on the cards for all of 2016.

 

31 Days... Things I learned

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Dec 28, 2015
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I learned that this challenge was too much for me.  I feel like a total failure.  BUT it's ok!  If you remember, I got a free copy of Zach Anner's book If At Birth You Don't Succeed,  I finished reading it yesterday, and I put up a review on Goodreads.  Free books are cool.  Writing for the public everyday, not so much.

 

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