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Pants for My Guy – Simplicity 8519 and Closet Core Morgan Shorts

Greetings and Happy Spring! Well, so much for being more consistent with my blogging in 2022! What’s that saying? Whenever you makes plans, God gets a Netflix comedy special? If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that the only certain thing is uncertainty. But in the first few months of the …

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A Tale of Two (and a half) Basques

December, eh?  Wow…one minute, you’re watching the leaves change as you navigate some intense, real-life priorities, and next thing you know, the end of another year is on the horizon. Fewer and shorter sewing sessions means I’ve missed two full months of posting, but this last entry of 2021 is going to be a three-piece …

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Birthday Suit! Sophie Top & Nixie Bottoms

Me:  “I’d like a two-piece swimsuit with a supportive bra-style top, a removable halter strap, full-bum-coverage bottoms with a waistband that can convert from high-waist to low, in a muted abstract print, please. Oh – and I’d like it to fit me.” Retail Swimwear Universe: “Yeah…we got nothin’.” And so was born one of the …

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