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Home / 2015 / June

Month: June 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015July 5, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

New pattern: Fancypants!

Create your own sewing pattern based on your particular curves. Use it to make pajama bottoms (short, long, and in between) or lounge pants!

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Categories: downloadables, sewing
Tags: lounge pants, pajama bottoms, pants
Posted on June 27, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: Summer, at last.

This Week in Pictures, Week 26, 2015

School let out on Tuesday. Yay!

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on June 26, 2015June 25, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

This week: charity knit auction, polymer clay starter kits, pretty pictures, and the future of Weekend Favorites.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on June 24, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Revisiting those old shelves

A girl has got to pay the bills. And an artsy person has got to have beach reading. Maybe we can combine those two things?

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Categories: polka dot creations, polymer clay
Tags: magazines, stampington and company
Posted on June 22, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Of TV Habits and New Reads

My schedule for personal needlework has gotten all out of whack in recent months.

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Categories: crochet, knitting
Tags: family room squircleghan, lady kina
Posted on June 20, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: graph paper everywhere

This Week in Pictures, Week 25, 2015

You will notice this week that I used a lot of graph paper…

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on June 19, 2015June 18, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Favorite links this week: Shaving cream, pillow restoration, upcycled candy boxes, and lazy quilting.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

Teaching the teacher

I am doing my usual thing of learning how to do something so I can write a tutorial for it, and it’s not going as well as I’m used to it going…

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Category: sewing
Tags: lounge pants, pants
Posted on June 15, 2015July 17, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Love is a Swimming Pool with no Bottom

It’s time for a new mix tape! This one is a summery mish-mosh of old and new tunes, and you can listen here.

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Categories: playlists, Polka Dot Radio
Tag: summer
Posted on June 13, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: the writing on the steps

This Week in Pictures, Week 24, 2015

Often the week’s images speak more to the little things in life than they do to the big ways in which I’ve spent my time.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365

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