Patterned History

And here we go! Dress came out great and fit well.  Here's the only pic I have of me in it for now: Why am I standing this way? I dunno...must have been feeling like a furry superhero :)...

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Bodice pcs are stitched together.  Now I'm leveling out the skirt shape:

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Hey Y'all! More progress:  Flatlining and prepping the pieces for assembly. After cutting, each piece of fashion fabric and muslin are layered together, then sealed together by stitching the ...

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J'excuse dat Miller Lite in the background... My bustier block, cut from scraps of black printed stripe and checker cotton with a white ground, flatlined in scraps of muslin.   -Kathl...

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Sup!  It's Monday!  I made this.  It went to Burning Man and didn't fall apart.  Enjoy! -Kathleen, In Oakland

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Huzzah, Bitches! It's Monday! Let's look at some purdy shit! I made this.  Just a lil crop peasant blouse for all my Oktoberfest needs.  Such as the stein holding contest, which is the onl...

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Hi Everyone! Another finished project to share today!   This one is great, because it was almost a total failure, then it became something better than the original plan!   This projec...

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Hi Everyone! Lots going on...lots of projects to share! Today's post is something small:  Making patches from fabric scraps.  3 Paches created on the sewing machine with various n...

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Stay Tuned...finished project upates ahead!

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            I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgivings!  I spent the entire weekend building Ikea furniture and setting up my Black Friday purchases around the house (we only bough...

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            It's MONDAY!  Life has been crazy for the Kathleen and I but things are starting to calm down.  I found this strange little video and I hope you guys enjoy it.  Afte...

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             We had Monday off, thank the lord baby Jesus for Labor Day!  I heard the original reason for Labor Day was to celebrate the birthing Mary endured for our lord and sa...

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            Well now that the Great Hurricane Scare of 2011 is over we can all finally get back to our normal lives.  But will anything ever be the same?  Of course it will!  It's M...

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           Ok Monday... we get it.  You can stop now.  Everytime I turn around it's Monday!  I feel like it was just Monday like 7 days ago!  Oh well... I have to apologize for my l...

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            Mondays ugh!.... Am I right?  Don't get me started.  Don't EVEN get me started!  Take a cue from Anita Page.  Throw on something rife with sex appeal, give Monday a sa...

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               Let me start out by apologizing for my blog-tastic absence.  I have been working myself to the bone on my other blog project, http://www.hiremebobmackie.com/ .  The...

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            Monday is upon us once again.  Let's all take a lesson from Miss Dietrich.  If you have to work.  You may as well show up looking like this.  WOOOORK!! Philip - In ...

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!! Try and take it easy today.

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Hi Everyone, Here's another little project I finished recently.  It's a dog bonnet for my friend's beautiful adopted puppy, Emma. Ain't she adorable, y'all??  Meet Emma! This bonnet...

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Hey Y'all!  Sorry AGAIN for the lack of posts.....I'm workin' hard for the money over here, and there hasn't been a lot of time to blah-blah-blah about the fun projects lately....but they are ...

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           Good Monday to you all!  Speaking of WOOORK take a look at this video!  I saw this on one of our friend and follower's FaceBook page.  Talk about effort!         ...

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            Well here we are again.  Another weekend has ended and Monday has cleched her steely grip upon us.  Never you fear though, Sydney Guilaroff is here to help.    ...

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           Welcome back to work babies!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend as we have had.  If there is one thing that exemplifies WOOORK it's an amazing clothes horse that marries t...

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Hello Everyone! Very sorry for the serious lack of west-coast entries lately.  My "real" job has been all-consuming for the last couple of months.  Whatever.  On to pretty things, like th...

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           Yesterday was a holiday, and if you had to work I pity you.  For the rest of us today is our "Monday".  In order to keep our spirits high I thought I'd dig up some work-ne...

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