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~ yep ~ |
Just made a linen wrap-around dress from
Simple Modern Sewing, a Japanese sewing pattern book.
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fluttering a bit...and then |
Enlarged it tenfold - if you know anything about those teeny-tiny Japanese size patterns - raised the waistline to empire style, elongated the sleeves and made the hemline irregular. The linen is wonderful in color, weight, drape, everything.
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full dervish action shot. whee! |
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Whoa, that was fun! |
Besides my pink underslip and save-the-environment anklets, let me show you my dusty lavender shoes from you know where. I just luv 'em.
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ta-dah! |
The color is a little off here, let's try another shot...
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yeah, that's better |
Nice, huh. Well, wait 'til you see what's next...