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1950s Blue Flower Cameo Blouse
I made this a few months ago for the Matilda blog tour for Poppie Cotton, but didn’t get photos of it until recently. This was my favorite print and I think it looks like floral cameos! I picked Butterick 6191,… Continue reading
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Spring Quilty Fun & Lil Dresses
It’s my day to share some projects with the new fabric line Le Petit Escargot from Poppie Cotton. It has some lovely pastel prints, which were my favorites, especially the periwinkle color! Here’s the selections I chose to work with.… Continue reading
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Aqua Cherries 1940s Dress
A few years ago I snagged a few yards of my very favorite print in the Julia fabric line by Moda. The whole line was delightful, but the larger daisies & cherries & polka dots on the perfect shade of… Continue reading
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Raspberry Toile Easter Dress
I didn’t intend to post two similar dresses in a row, but here we are! For my Easter dress this year I used a small bolt of beautiful red and cream floral toile that I got on sale a while… Continue reading
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1950s Wintry Print Dress
We had very little winter this year. Seriously. The meadowlarks didn’t even bother to migrate. 🙂 I kept waiting for some snow to take photos of my snow-print dress, but finally gave up and did indoor photos instead. So here… Continue reading
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Colorful Bibs & Pencil Cases with Hey, Love Bug
Today I’m going to share a few fun quilty things I made recently with a very colorful new fabric line called Hey, Love Bug by Poppie Cotton. It’s not my usual style of fabric, but my children loved it so… Continue reading
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A Few Little Things with My Darling Deer fabric
It’s my day to share what I’ve made recently with My Darling Deer fabric – a new fabric line by Poppie Cotton. It has a soft palette and lots of pretty woodland prints. I picked a few favorites to sew… Continue reading
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Rose Trellis Skirt
I stitched this the beginning of December to wear to our local Christmas concert, but I also wore it again on Christmas Eve to our special candlelit church service, which is when I had a few minutes to grab photos.… Continue reading
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1950s Thanksgiving Dress
I’ve intended to make a 1950s dress with this blue leaf print for over a year, and it finally happened! This was the 2nd of the 2 fall dresses I sewed in November, and was the one I wore for… Continue reading
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Late 1950s Fall Fashion in Blue
I managed to speed sew two more autumnal dresses quickly before it’s time to switch to Christmas sewing. Here is the first one: it uses some lovely Lori Holt fabric from an older line, courtesy of The Timely Tailor –… Continue reading
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