If it’s early May, there are two things those around me can count on: 1. I’ve tormented them for the last month with a countdown to my birthday (39 this year) and… 2. The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival (8 this year) is going on. I love Vancouver’s burlesque scene. There are some AMAZING, creative, sassy [...]
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Hello all! It’s been awhile. I’ve been sewing, but I keep forgetting to take pictures of my projects. It’s one of my goals for the coming year – document my projects a little better and MAYBE start my own blog. I’ll keep you posted. This little project came about because my every day clothing is [...]
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I am about to embark on a project for a friend which has me making a 1970s double breasted blazer a la Don Cherry. The colour palette requested is based on the Cleveland Browns uniforms – orange and brown. Yup. Let that sink in for a second… SOOOO…I decided I wanted to make something for [...]
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Over the last seven years Vancouver (Canada) has been host to the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival the weekend of my birthday. How serendipitous for me! Last year I decided to celebrate my burlesque birthday in style. Between the costumes and the outfits the audience members were wearing, I think I might have hyperventilated with excitement. [...]
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As many of you have confessed on this site, I too have been “creeping” silently on this site before taking the plunge and deciding to post some of my creations. For my first post, I decided I would show the project I finished most recently: a simple 1950s top from an original Simplicity pattern – [...]
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