Year: 2010

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day 3 – forgot the sleeves

Here’s the top I made from McCalls 6022. I followed the wrong path in the directions and sewed up the yoke sides before inserting the flutter sleeves so she’s sleeveless. It’s still cute but I would have like to have more Heather Ross on there. So Day 3 was a success, Day 4 was a mixed bag. I’ll blog that later this afternoon.

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bear bellies

Thanks for all the book love yesterday! I didn't realize how good it would feel to share it finally, even if it is only the sneak peek. One thing I learned while working on the book is that I'm not a big fan of top secret projects. Doing a book is sort of the exact opposite of blogging. I started a blog because I wanted to share my projects, see other people's projects, participate in "a-longs" and swaps, make friends, … More

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supers

**update** The first batch is sold out now. We have a few more projects cued up for the printer but will reprint these again, within a month or so.

The Super X-Stitchettes are now up in the shop. And guess what, they're a printed actual real-life thing! Our delay in getting these out was that we wanted to (finally) try out
the new fancy printer we bought last year. And although it gave us our
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Olle Eksell

I’m trying to find pretty pictures to make me happy today. This new book (Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer) of mine seems to be doing the trick. Also a little depressing though since I can’t seem to find two spare minutes for a creative thought.

I pretty much want every book PIE books publishes. I need books about food packaging and front doors and vintage fabrics and design collections with limited colors. !!!… More