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Welcome back sewing peoples.... we've been taking a look at patterns for outerwear over the last few days, and we are just gonna keep on doing it.  Because I love these patterns, and becasue I know you want to see more!!! Before we jump into our THREE amazing blog tour participants for today, I wanted to give a shout out to the Long Board which is today's $3 Thursday Pattern.  This pattern started off as my answer to a fun a different pattern for boys that uses quilting cotton and other basic lightweight woven fabrics.... and it is so so...

It is day 3 of our Outerwear Blog Tour.  The weather here in PA has turned cold, and all I want to do it sew some new comfy and warm things for me... but instead, I'm knee deep in Halloween costumes.  Can someone remind me why oh why I told my children that I know how to sew???? 2 out of three costumes are started, and Miss Mack's Jack Skellington will get started today... one way or another they will have costumes by the weekend!!!! ----------- Ok, but enough of my costume sewing drama, on to today's Blogger - the...

Welcome Back to day 2 of the Outerwear Blog Tour... I've got a whole bunch of Halloween fun on my cutting table today using the Long Board and Phresh Blazer as bases...I just love how easy it is to mix and match basic patterns to come up with the costume demands of my children, but you are going to have to wait until later in the week to see what I have made, HA!       In the meantime, we have an amazing blogger here to share her outerwear creation with you. Annick of Flax Field Sewing has sewn...

Welcome to October's monthly blog tour.   This month we are taking a look at outerwear and layering pieces.  I started off my 'real' sewing life in college as a costume designer and shop assistant.  And when you are sewing costumes for a range of theatrical productions, you end up learning a lot about sewing outerwear.  I fell in love with the drama of a velvet cape, the polish of a perfectly fitted doublet, and the the intricacy of fifty hand made buttons for a period driving coat.  Lines that flatter, details that catch the eye, and fabrics that make you...