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  • McCalls,  Ready To Wear Fast,  Sewing With A Plan

    McCalls 6436 – A Half Hearted Effort Equals a Mediocre Blouse

    September 17, 2015 /

    Well hello all, What an unplanned and extended sewing hiatus that was!  I am so glad to be getting back into a sewing groove. My very small sewing room is in a little carved out niche of our lower level.  It’s lovely and cool in the summer for sewing.  (A bit of a meat locker in the winter, but that is another story). It is however, adjacent to where my son has built himself quite a man cave with his game consoles, my old computer desk and some even older sofas from my parents.  He is as happy as a clam which is wonderful, but in the summer when school is…

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  • McCalls,  Ready To Wear Fast,  Wardrobe Builder

    Simply Dotty for McCalls 6563

    July 9, 2015 /

    Hello all,                 My local Fabricland was working through their annual inventory and had most everything on sale last week.  I have a bit of a soft spot for polka dots.  So when I spied two blouse weight rayon blends in cream and black, I knew straight away that they needed to come home with me.  Stand up and be counted?  Nay my spotted beauties, I’ll rescue you.

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  • McCalls,  Ready To Wear Fast

    McCalls 6750 – Palmer/Pletsch Sleeveless Blouse

    June 30, 2015 /

    Hello all, Have you ever hurried home after buying a new shade of lipstick, nail polish or other item only to try it on, step back and say “what on earth was I thinking?” Meet seersucker plaid.   I think I was having a Betty Draper, Mad Men moment when I spied the fabric in the store.  Truly, it looked so cute on the bolt and was on sale to boot.  How could I go wrong?  …far too easily it would seem.

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  • McCalls,  Ready To Wear Fast,  Sewing With A Plan,  Wardrobe Builder

    McCalls 6696 – Navy Linen Shirt Dress

    June 14, 2015 /

    Hello all, It has been a while since I last posted.  My sewing pace slowed down quite a bit as I worked on McCalls 6696.  Here is the picture from the pattern envelope:

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  • McCalls,  Ready To Wear Fast,  Sewing With A Plan,  Wardrobe Builder

    McCalls 2401 – Tried and True

    May 13, 2015 /

    Hello all, A few years ago, McCalls put out M2401 which on the surface is a run of the mill sheath pattern.  A front, cut on the fold with darts at the bust and down the abdomen, two darted back pieces, and sleeves…or not. Where the clever folks at McCalls really did us a good turn was with the number of options and combinations that they put into the one envelope.  Have a look:

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  • McCalls,  Nancy Zieman,  Wardrobe Builder

    McCalls 5668 – Light Boucle Jacket

    April 6, 2015 /

    Hello all, I just finished McCalls 5668 which is a light and versatile little jacket.  Here are the envelope pictures:              

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  • McCalls,  Palmer/Pletsch,  Ready To Wear Fast,  Sewing With A Plan,  Vogue,  Wardrobe Builder

    The Balancing Act of Sewing With a Plan and Wardrobe Building

    April 1, 2015 /

    Hello all, As a member of a few sewing groups and forums, and an active user of Pinterest, I find myself repeatedly drawn to threads and boards which speak about Wardrobe Building.  Until quite recently, I was like many others with a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear, or I would continually wear the same outfits while others were years old; never seeing the light of day.  I did a big purge with the intent of changing the way I shop and sew as sadly for me, the last donation I made to our local Goodwill included garments that still had the sales tags attached.  

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