A couple of weeks ago Becca fellow sewing blogger and designer of Moxie Patterns contacted me about my interest in reviewing her Verity shirt and dress pattern.  You may remember this pattern from a few years back.  I distinctly remember the split cowl version. 😍  She's re-launching the pattern to include an extended size range and a little girl's size range.  There is...

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Finally getting to pull out my Fall clothing!  The weather here has still been rather warm but that's not stopping me.  Looking through these "How I Wore It" posts I see that this top, particularly this striped fabric has made several appearances.  I debated posting the same striped top again but I have styled it differently which allows you to see how versatile...

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A stress reliever for me, like most of us makers is sewing.  Sometimes though I find myself getting stressed out by it particularly when I'm sewing clothing.  When that happens I go to projects like pillowcovers or a pattern I've got all the kinks worked out in and could sew in my sleep like my favorite leggings pattern.  I've seen other bloggers call...

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It's nice to go back to the basics, especially after a sewing fail or a garment that requires complicated things like buttons or zippers. I heart those patterns that you can sew up in a few hours and they will play nice with other items in your closet. I have one of those patterns to share with you today. This top is just...

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Hello there! I'm back again with a make I've had completed for some time now. I have a million and one excuses for my absence. The main two being   1.  It's been hot as hell out and I've not been able to pry myself out of the air conditioned house to do much of anything outside and   2.  I've been blog...

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Two pieces I think should belong in every wardrobe, a denim jacket and a solid color maxi dress.  I get so much wear out of these two pieces.  The maxi dress has gotten me through every season.  It's made from a heavier ponte knit so throwing on some extra layers has made it warm enough to wear even in the early stages of...

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Whoa guys I feel like it's been a long while!  We had a terrible windstorm that knocked our internet out for 2 weeks.  We had winds in excess of 60 mph! Yikes!! I have never seen anything like it before.  Thankfully the wind didn't blow me away and I'm here to share with you a fun DIY project.  Man o man I so...

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It's official, Shanni Loves is now blogging under a new name, The Modern Tomato!  How do you like the new digs? I'm pretty excited so I thought I'd do a quick post to show you around the new joint. ...

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My first post of 2016 showing the last thing I made from 2015.  What have I been doing those 3 months in between??  HIBERNATING!!! This is the Irena Knit by Itch to Stitch.  I was a tester for the pattern back in November when I also tested the Liana Stretch jeans.  I always have such luck with the fitting of Kennis's patterns so...

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