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How to Bag a Lining: Just Kidding, but Check out My Jacket

Huh. That wasn’t the plan. The plan was: make a cool, striped dress for work using 3 random pieces of poly shantung I had in the stash. You know, like Vogue 8805 from Sew Crafty Chemist or Sue at Ilove2sew! But this fabric had a mind of its own and would not be pigeon-holed into… Read More »

Houndstooth-Adjacent Butterick Lisette 6244

This is a project I’ve been itching to make ever since I bought the pattern (Butterick Lisette 6244)! As soon as my budgeting freeze was lifted, I was on the hunt for fabric to make this blanket coat. Houndstooth was not my first idea. I was envisioning dove gray wool, but couldn’t source any locally.… Read More »