Monday night I came down with a stomach virus, which had me in bed for most of the week recovering.  I’m still not 100 percent but I was able to move around the house more today, and I was able to get some work done on my flamingo shirt dress. Sewing the waistband facing onto the bodice. Pleating the skirt pieces.  Over the years I’ve come to like pleating more than gathering, technique-wise.  This was another thing that I thought […]

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Before leaving for the weekend yesterday, I made some more progress on the shirt dress.   Slipstitching the yoke facing to the  shoulder seam. Completed sleeves, waiting to be attached to the bodice. Full bodice done!  I have a slight problem with the alignment of the gathers in the back (I forgot to take a picture of it), so before moving on to the skirt I need to fix it.  They’re not centered exactly as I would like but nothing […]

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My interfacing arrived, and so I was able to make some progress on my shirt dress tonight – and I love it so far, even though it’s not even a little bit close to wearing it! Ironing on the interfacing – it went in all the band and collar pieces to stabilize them. Prepping the bodice darts.  I can remember a time when darts were the most confusing thing I’ve ever seen – now they’re easy-peasy! Pinning the darts and […]

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This year, I really want to start perfecting the art of making my own clothes, particularly for the summer.  I love sundresses, and though I can find plenty of them in various stores, there’s a ton of adorable, quirky fabric I want to use. I recently set to work on my Flamingo Shirt Dress, using this great fabric I found at Rifle Paper Co.  I’ve been a longtime fan of their artwork and was so excited when they came out with […]

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For this post, I am going to use mostly the journal entry I wrote on the plane the day after it happened.  I may need to add in a detail or two, but I looked it over and it seemed pretty thorough and very “in the moment” so I thought it was better than just me remembering what happened.  However, keep in mind that I did write it while very tired on the airplane.  Also note that I wrote the […]

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Day three dawned bright and early as we had a long road trip ahead of us again.  The day was dreary again, but that wasn’t a deterrent and we were surprised and delighted by some sun that came out later in the day, on what was perhaps one of my favorite spots on the whole trip.  This post is going to be VERY picture heavy, as there were so many great ones from this day, and we saw so many […]

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Jet lag and a problem with the rental car caused us to get a later than usual start the next morning.  Breakfast was in the house – skyr, fruit and granola – and lunches were made for us to have during our travels throughout the day.  Then it was off to see the Golden Circle and enjoy the natural wonders of Iceland.   Even in the on and off rain, it’s gorgeous, lush and green. Our first stop was Thingvellir […]

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My trip to Iceland was nearly six months ago at this point, and I have done precious little to blog about the experience.  This was partially because, directly from Iceland I went straight to Vermont to spend some time with the family and partially because this blog just wasn’t that much of a priority in 2016.  This is something I hope to rectify as we start 2017, by creating some more interesting content, or at least something a little more […]

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Our short and sweet trip to Florida culminated with a trip to Epcot on the third full day. You should know before I begin that I LOVE Epcot! A lot of people are bored by it, but I love visiting the Fake Countries and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that most of it seems to be stuck in the sixties or seventies, decor-wise. I hope it never changes. With that said, let’s start off with the quintessential picture of the ball […]

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