This was one skirt a looong time in the making...Simplicity 2451.  It's funny, sometimes scary at what you might find while giving your sewing room a deep cleaning.  This pattern was found, fully cut, pattern pieces still attached at the bottom of a basket hidden underneath my cutting table.  I somewhat remember starting this when I first starting sewing...oooh in the fall of...

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Well I fell off the MMM wagon this week.  I only wore one me made item this week and my goal was at least two items a week.  I guess I could count my handmade towel turbie wrap thingy but that would only add to the lameness and you seen it last week.  Friday was tough for me as I got ready that...

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Hellloooo and Happy Mother's Day to all you mommies out there and that goes for pet mom's too!  Just a quick post to show you a free pattern for an easy peasy summer knit cardigan and a recap of Me Made May week 2!!   Day 6...I started out the week in this cardigan I hurriedly whipped up over the weekend My photographer was being...

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'I, Shannon of Shanni Loves..., sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '13. I endeavor to wear one handmade or refashioned garment at least twice a week for the duration of May 2013' Time for the first weekly rundown of the me made items I wore for the week.  It was a short week so I managed to surpass my goal of two items a...

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Me Made May Day 1..let's start this mother out right shall we?! Ah yes first off it's my birthday and every time I think about my birthday I think of this scene in one of my favorite movies, Sixteen Candles.  Some days I would give anything to pinch myself and be transported back to my former 16 year old self but then again...

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