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Apparently, my Value Village now has a “Vintage” section. Apparently I am a sucker, and bought a dress, which I may well not wear. Because it was nifty, and handmade. And it makes me think ab...

https://tanitisis.com/2014/02/15/somebody-elses-handmade-dress-ii/

Have you ever noticed how we create stories, even about our own lives? There’s a couple of different stories I tell about how I started “really” sewing. Often, I talk about my desire for a ...

https://tanitisis.com/2013/04/01/half-forgotten-long-unfinished/

Dear Internet, Round about 1986 (or was it ’87?) my grade 1 class did art projects making illustrations with plasticine. I think we were reading a book illustrated this way. And learning about ...

https://tanitisis.com/2012/12/09/archiving/

Once upon a time, in the dying days of the 20th century, I bought, at the local vintage clothing store, a dress that was not vintage, nor really classic any way at all, but that was homemade. Far...

https://tanitisis.com/2012/08/12/the-black-leather-dress/

Now, it is a sad truth that there was no way in hell I was going to have time to make a whole prom dress for Promaballoona, Oona’s fantabulous birthday bash this year. And, well, I hate to say ...

https://tanitisis.com/2012/08/04/promaballoona-vintage-edition/

Ok, how to explain the provenance of this dress? My crafty sister-in-law (techically my brother-in-law’s wife), has, astonishingly, both a mother and a daughter. Long and long ago, her mother w...

https://tanitisis.com/2012/07/03/somebody-elses-handmade-dress/

But victorious. Children arrived, milled around, played, ran, jumped on the trampoline, scraped elbows and knees, bumped each other jumping, got splinters, roasted hot-dogs, opened presents, line...

https://tanitisis.com/2011/06/26/i-am-tired-and-other-reminiscences/

Not at all wedding-related, in case you were wondering. Since the sewing’s been slow (aka non-existent) with me this week, I thought I’d pad things out with a retrospective piece. This is a h...

https://tanitisis.com/2010/09/23/something-old-something-blue/

This was my highschool grad gown (aren’t I cute?). I didn’t sew it. My mom did. The catch? She made it for her highschool grad, in 1970. Peach is not normally my colour, I must admit (it isn�...

https://tanitisis.com/2010/07/08/a-real-oldie/

Because I should be in bed right now, I’ll start working on a post about an older project. In case you didn’t know (and why should you?) I’m a long-time hobby-level bellydancer (I did menti...

https://tanitisis.com/2010/04/12/oldies-but-goodies-pantaloons/