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in a blue mood and loving it
I AM SO HAPPY WITH THIS DRESS!!! i’m not lying to you when i say i sang songs to this dress. i cooed and petted it. diane reeves and i serenaded it many an evening. the three of us harmonize quite...
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Slow and Steady is the Mood
Well. Y’all had some excellent suggestions on getting the sewjo mojo back, many of which I implemented to get this dress past the “folded up and staring accusingly at me” stage. In fact, there were...
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Ruggy’s Mad Over Plaid
Oh Ruggy. Will I ever sew you anything? This plaid flannel was truly meant for my husband. I had all the best intentions of making him a cozy fall shirt, partially egged on by Amy’s rage-inducing make...
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Of Feathers, Frocks And Fabulousness
The feathers, they are done. DONE! I scream from the mountaintop. I am Captain of Mount Accomplishment! Never has Ruggy been so inundated with my trumpeting! On occasion, I know if I begin a...
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Material Girl
These are my new comfy Do Everything work clothes. They’ve been worn trekking to the subway five o’clock in the morning, at the ballet barre five o’clock at night, and the home bar straight after....
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Hanging in the Stretch Aisle
I wrote a bit about this dress last week on my blog; it was giving me fever and I was not happy. Mainly, I’m mad at myself. I did everything I could to second guess this pattern, the Elisalex Dress...
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A Wintry Knit Bloom
On the day after Christmas, in the land of Ruggy’s birth, it snowed. And snowed, and snowed. So naturally I jumped into my second version of By Hand London’s Elisalex Dress and ran outside to play....
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the blogger boucle
One busy afternoon at Mood, The Police were playing. Kway and I discussed the awesomeness of this giant among rock bands. Greats bands are like a marriage, he said, some end, but after they’ve had...
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King Of Leather
Last Tuesday, the debonair and ever entertaining Kenneth King shared his knowledge of working with leather and suede with a group of sewists at Mood’s NY locale. What. A. TREAT. Leave aside the...
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Woeful in Wool Novelty
Do you see that face? That is the face of a girl who thinks she has the perfect outfit planned for the day, and therefore left a scant thirty minutes to shoot pictures AND get dressed to go out the...
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An Alien Fabric
And here endeth the outdoor shots for this particular post. IT IS FRIGID OUTSIDE, even for my snow foolery behind. And although there’s a lovely amount of wool in this Caroline Herrera yardage...
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lace + silk chiffon: criminal minds
I’m going to call this my Project Runway make, because I finished it in the four hours I had free Sunday. Down-to-the-wire sewing is of course de riguer on that jammy, and if season 8 is any...
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Candy Colored Lace
When Carolyn and I set up camp in the lace shelves at Mood Fabrics NYC over a month ago, I couldn’t help but pull every technicolor bolt out for a snapshot. Carolyn quite rightly reminded me:...
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Chiffon With Teeth (and Beaks)
Well, hello color. You may remember this looney bin silk chiffon print, mentioned last month as a hopeful mate for my pink lace. The match was not meant to be, they fought like cats and dogs. Or more...
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Cotton and Coconuts and Curls
If I look self satisfied, IT IS BECAUSE I AM. The reasons are twofold: 1. I conquered this cotton. 2. I conquered myself. I CONQUER, YO. I AM A CONQUISTADOR OF COTTON. (that may not mean what I...
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A Summer Circle Quilt
No, I have not taken up quilting. I gots ZERO time for quilting or knitting. Much respect to those with the patience for it! Instead of working on that virtue, I let Mood Fabrics do the heavy...
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Firecracker Cotton
This Fourth of July, I decided to go a bit less literal. I’ve tried the red, white ‘n blue route before, but the outfit usually ends up doomed to the costume section of my closet (there’s also a cow...
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A Mountain Of Jersey
There are clothes that women love on women, there are clothes that men love on women, and never the twain shall meet. Well, the fairer sex can usually go both ways, but the harder sex, if you will...
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Silk Dresses To The Instagram Power
Could mugs like these be up to anything good? I answer with a happy NO. Peter, resident photographer in mid-laugh over the level of our gin infused delight, would probably agree. At the moment,...
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Silk Chiffon Slugger
Well. Hello there, Tuesday. Hello there, leg partially en-clad in whisper thin Silk Chiffon shot through with gold metallic thread. I thought we’d never meet. Many tried to keep us from our...
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