I participated in a jewelry swap hosted by Melissa over at The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife.  I have so much jewelry, and I'm not talking about expensive diamonds and pearls.  I have a few really nice pieces I cherish but most of my stuff is costume jewelry.  I love wearing something different everyday so most of my stuff is inexpensive...

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Finally had some time tonight to get started on the Sassy Librarian Blouse.  I'm making view 2 which is sleeveless and has pin tuck detailing on the front.  I don't know what I was so scared about, the pin tucks were super easy to do.  Christine does a very good job of walking you through transferring the pattern markings to your fabric.  Once...

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A while back I won a Craftsy course, The Sassy Librarian Blouse with Christine Haynes.  There are two retro inspired versions of the blouse.  I'm choosing to do the sleeveless version mainly because it's so stinking cute and I have very few sleeveless blouses.   It has pin tuck detailing down the front (which scares the bejezus out of me) and a contrasting bow...

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Another super easy, made in a day dress...McCall's 6558   This dress was a couple of firsts for me.  First piece of clothing for someone other than myself and my first McCall's pattern.  Does anyone else think McCall's patterns are weird? I dunno maybe it's just because I'm so used to Simplicity.  I made the yellow version in the pic.  Only 3 pattern...

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