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Tea (towel) for two skirt in the sunshine
Hello - it's been a while!No, I haven't died or been sucked into a black hole. I've been moving house. Well, I've moved house once and am about to again. It's not been the most fun thing in the world...
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The Ginger Jubilee
It was the Jubilee weekend and it seems like most of London has turned red, white and blue - even me!To get into the party mood I made and wore a new Colette Ginger made from fabric so packed with...
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Missing in action
Well, doesn't a couple of months fly past!I know, I've been missing in action - but I have a number of excuses:I baked a cakeI went to see an orchestra in a car parkI planted some herbsI went to the...
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Anda here's one I made earlier
Actual sewing in The Material Girl's house is still non-existent at the moment - too many visitors coming to see the new place and too much to do on non-sewing related things. On the plus side I've...
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Playing golf in a Femine Wardrobe
Sunday Then on Sunday we had another adventure - a game of crazy golf on top of Selfridges. It's a pop-up (what isn't pop-up these days?) crazy golf course from Bompas and Parr - "British jellymongers...
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What's that I'm Drape Drape - ing on?
Well, I've been in the new house for 3 months now and I'm finally getting a little back to normal. The sewing room is getting there. There are now sewing machines out on display and I even have a...
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Pattern Magic Challenge
How exciting is this?! Mariana over at Sew 2 Pro (http://www.sew2pro.com/pattern-magic-challenge/) is running a Pattern Magic challenge. The idea is to draft and make an item of clothing for showing...
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Pattern Magic 3 - Return of the dark stretch: or failing at the Pattern Magic...
Is it really over a month since my last past about the Pattern Magic Challenge? It's been a month a frustration, work and finally defeat!I definitely bit off more than I could sew when I fell in love...
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The Drape Drape nebula dress
I think this may have been my most satisfying project yet. This is the combination of a great pattern, lovely fabric (a digitally printed viscose jersey from Stone Fabrics -...
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Just a quick note to mention that I have switched off the comments section of this site, the amount of spam I have been receiving recently has been ridiculous. You can still comment via Facebook if...
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Me Made May - a kick up the blogside
I, Tracy of The Material Girl, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '13. I endeavour to wear at least one self stitched or refashioned item of clothing each day for the duration of May 2013 - even...
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Me Made May 2013 - Starting fairly ginger-ly
So, a gentle start to MMM2013. It's a work-appropriate outfit consisting of the first Colette Ginger I ever made (back in Jan 2012). It's made from a black jumbo cord and gets worn to work a lot....
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Me Made May - 02 - A quick exit
See onlineA just a quickie post today to show off my outfit for Day 02 of Me Made May. It's a sort of self-drafted skirt from a mustard needlecord. When I say self-drafted, its actually a saved skirt...
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Me Made May 2013 - week 1 overview
It's been a week of ups and downs for me. On the plus side I have actually worn something "me made" everyday. On the downside I lost my phone (i.e. camera) at the weekend and lost two days of photos....
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Me Made May 2013 - week 2 overview
8 May - Colette MacaroneThis was a working muslin that I put together from an old pale blue quilt cover and some scrap white Embroderie Anglais. When I made it I ended up looking like Dorothy in the...
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More Pattern Magic...magic
I know, I know, I have a one track mind when it comes to my very infrequent projects and posts. Last Saturday saw the culmination of a two day course on Japanese Pattern Cutting based on the Pattern...
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