Brick-a-bracka, firecracker, Sis Boom Bah, Bugs Bunny, Bugs Bunny, Rah Rah Rah!! Gotta love Bugs! Every time I worked on this dress I got this cheer stuck in my head. I got as far as firecracker, firecracker, sis boom bah...I couldn't remember the rest, not that I didn't have fun making up my own versions..kick em in the knees and kick em in...

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I've been on the fence on whether or not I was going to blog this refashion.  I love the Kelly pattern I used however I'm not really happy with the way I had to put this skirt together like a puzzle piece which resulted in seams that shouldn't be.  First let's take a look at the tragedy it was before... I know your...

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Just a quick post to drop the link of Kollabora's blog post on all the awesome projects submitted for the Dear Stella/Kollabora project challenge using Dear Stella fabrics. It was such an honor to be included with all these very talented ladies!! I had so much fun creating my projects. Please click here to see what everyone else created and get inspired to...

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Whew, the past few days I've been hunched over my machine sewing like a ninja...(is that possible?)  Yesterday I was in rush mode to get my projects done for the Dear Stella/Kollabora challenge due today.  Yes I'm a known procrastinator.  I entered my sewing room at approximately 0900 hours and didn't see the light of day until 7 hours later when I heard...

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Fabric flowers are a great way to use up scraps and you can use them to embellish just about anything.  Since I'm such a hippie...well my husband says so...I decided to make some flowers for my hair out of my Dear Stella fat quarter bundle.   There are tons of ways to make fabric flowers. I prefer these rolled ones because they are...

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