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A Labor Day Weekend Wedding.

By Jessica | Published: October 5, 2009
Now that October has arrived, my thoughts (and hands) are beginning to reach for wool yarns and knitting.  But before I turn my back on summer sewing entirely, I want to share a couple of sewing projects that I made in my role as matron of honor for a dear friend whose wedding was over [...]
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Aloha Attired.

By Jessica | Published: September 9, 2009
When my sister announced this spring that guests at her big anniversary party in August would be invited to wear “Aloha Attire,” I decided to embrace the theme and make a dress in honor of her special day. And even though I’m not usually a wearer of Hawaiian prints, I’m quite happy that I [...]
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Bridesmaid Test Dress.

By Jessica | Published: June 15, 2009
This fall I will be in the wedding party of one of my oldest and best friends, and she’s given me complete control of what type AND color of dress to wear. This is of course  a thrilling freedom–but it’s also a little scary, especially if you’ve promised yourself (as I have) that you’ll [...]
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Vintage Fabric, Vintage Pattern.

By Jessica | Published: May 10, 2009
Here’s my newest dress, which I made just in case summer ever comes to the Northeast: The fabric’s a bolder-than-I-usually-wear floral cotton print that I bought last fall in an antiques mall in Brattleboro, Vermont.  I scored about four yards of it, and although I suspect that it should’ve been used for tablecloths or such things, [...]
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What Were the Chances?

By Jessica | Published: April 23, 2009
I have to thank Millie Motts, who curates an ambitiously extensive collection of images of vintage clothes and advertising and ephemera, for a huge happy surprise today! Over at her oh-so-fabulous blog, she has posted images from a 1966 Simplicity pattern catalog, and one of the patterns pictured is none other than the wedding [...]
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A Dutch Blue Dress.

By Jessica | Published: April 17, 2009
I have a vintage suitcase in my closet that was, until last week, overstuffed with a variety of curtains from many previous apartments. And after at last admitting that there is really no need for such excesses of window treatment potential at hand, I looked through the offerings in search of refashioning inspiration. [...]
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Grandmother’s Work.

By Jessica | Published: October 14, 2007
Friends who want to learn how to sew often ask me how I learned. I am incredibly lucky because I grew up surrounded by seamstresses. My grandmother is quite an accomplished seamstress. She worked in a fabric store, did tailoring and dressmaking, and, until recently, made many of her own clothes. She taught her daughters [...]
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