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quick mask hack: add a nose wire with piping!
Hi folks! Like everyone else in possession of a sewing machine and any amount of free time at all, I’ve been sewing masks! I’ve been using the NYT pattern — not because I necessarily think it’s the...
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Summer is for stripes
blows dust off top of blog, hits power button Well, I’ve gotten two shots (shoutout to my Pfizer Pfriends) and in a week or so I can perhaps consider leaving the house, so I suppose it’s time to start...
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So if you were wondering “How often does Erin clear out the dresses she made but no longer wears” the answer turns out to be ‘about every five years’. Yep, it’s that time again! Over the holidays I...
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Quick Purge Update
First: I’ve updated the list to include photos for some of the dresses that didn’t have any. (The photos are on Flickr; I’ve only linked the full front view of the dress so check the photostream for...
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2023: year of the shirtdress, for real this time
“Yes, Erin, we’ve heard this before,” you say, and you’d be right—I don’t want to go back and search, but I’m pretty sure I’ve declared several previous Years of the Shirtdress, and then made … one....
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Dresscue Mission
Before the holidays I did a wearable muslin of the Marilla Walker Isca shirtdress. I had very high hopes—the reviews were good, the diagonal bodice line had me dreaming of stripey wonders, and, of...
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Year of the Shirtdress Continues
Hey, look, it’s another shirtdress! This is Simplicity 7512, which I’ve probably bought three copies of in various sizes, and then never made any of them because I disliked the way the skirt was put...
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Iscatology
I’m excessively pleased with this new variation of the Isca shirtdress. This is my third iteration (see #1, #2). The biggest change from the last version is that I swapped out the sleeves for a band...
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Everything I sewed in 2023
Early last year I claimed that 2023 was going to be ‘the year of the shirtdress’ and, for once, I was right. The biggest winner in the shirtdress sweepstakes (prize: Erin makes a lot of you) was the...
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January sewing
I did some traveling in February, which meant (as usual) I had a minor flurry of sewing in January. Three dresses made it into the “finished” column: Another Isca, this time in a precious length of...
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