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Posted on March 15, 2015June 22, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Fun with vintage sheets, part two

I sewed six more things from vintage sheets in the past week. Wanna see?

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Categories: being green, sewing, show and tell
Tags: barefoot summer sheath dress, dresses, pillowcase dresses, shirts, simplicity 3835, skirts, sorbetto
Posted on March 7, 2015March 14, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

Fun with vintage sheets, part one

Two shirts and a pair of lounge pants. So far.

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Categories: being green, sewing, show and tell
Tags: in stitches, pajamas, shirts, simplicity 3835, sorbetto
Posted on May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

Coral polka dots at the sea

I sewed a polka dot tank, which turned out to be the perfect layering piece for Ocean City in May. (And now I want to go back down the shore.)

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Categories: sewing, show and tell
Tags: colette, ocean city nj, sorbetto, tank top
Posted on May 11, 2013June 10, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 16 Comments

Vintage sheet extravaganza

What do you get when you take three vintage sheet remnants, and two free sewing patterns? Six nearly free Summer shirts!

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Categories: sewing, show and tell
Tags: baby dress, colette, made by petchy, sorbetto, tank top, vintage sheet swap, vintage sheets
Posted on May 6, 2013May 7, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 9 Comments

Distance

A little distance between me and my failed sewing project was just what I needed. And now I have a pattern that works, and a prototype that is totally wearable.

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Categories: sewing, show and tell
Tags: colette, shirts, sorbetto
Posted on May 5, 2013May 6, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 19 Comments

Sewing FAIL

One of these days I will learn that I should just suck it up and do a full bust adjustment on any new shirt patterns I try. This, unfortunately, was not that day, and now I have two very wide, very unattractive tents to wear.

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Categories: sewing, show and tell
Tags: built by wendy, colette, shirts, simplicity 3835, sorbetto
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