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apihappi – hand loomed fabrics from sri lanka – Lucky Lucille
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Apihappi – hand loomed fabrics from sri lanka. Recently I was contacted by a company called ApiHappi. Regarding a review of their hand woven fabrics. Founded by partners Aparna and Etosha, ApiHappi is a new creative endeavor that provides jobs for underprivileged women in Sri Lanka by teaching them to weave fabric on a handloom. Handloomed fabrics are unique because the looms are operated entirely by human energy, and you can see that hand made touch in each piece of cloth. Lucille was my creative direct...
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Sewing – Lucky Lucille
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Another Lark Tee and McCall’s M7386. I’ve been wearing a lot of knit maxi skirts this summer because it’s been terribly hot in New York and I find them to…. Continue Reading →. True Bias Hudson Pants. I finally made myself some Hudson Pants! This awesome pattern by Kelly of True Bias has been on my radar for a while…. Continue Reading →. So far July has felt extremely productive. I released my first PDF pattern, spoke at a local Quilt Guild meeting, visited friends, attended a…. Continue Reading →. Today...
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Vintage Inspiration – Lucky Lucille
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Sew Inspired: 1950s Four Piece Wardrobe. I’m still trying to sort out all my thoughts on the subject after keeping a wardrobe journal for the entire month, but now that…. Continue Reading →. I’ve been meaning to share some screenshots of this movie ever since I first found it on Netflix. It’s called Populaire and it’s the…. Continue Reading →. So which Victory Optical frames did I pick? Continue Reading →. Flashback Friday: Women’s Land Army. Continue Reading →. Continue Reading →. Continue Reading →.
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Tutorials – Lucky Lucille
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Things I’ve Learned: Sewing with Knits. Up until pretty recently I had a Love/Hate relationship with knits. I love wearing them, hate sewing them. Well, “hate” is a strong word,…. Continue Reading →. Pattern Hack: Archer Shirtdress Modification. In cased you missed it, I recently shared a tutorial over on the Harts Fabric blog for their Sew Your Hart Out September event.…. Continue Reading →. Western Yoke Mod Tutorial. Continue Reading →. How to Sew a Shirt Hem with Bias Tape. Continue Reading →. My last...
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Quilting/Home Dec – Lucky Lucille
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Murder Mystery Quilt Along. Block of the month! If those words made your eyes wide with excitement and intrigue, then we should probably be best…. Continue Reading →. My 10 Favorite Projects of 2015. I’m currently sitting in bed with a horrible respiratory sickness (one I most probably caught while flying home from Virgina two days ago) day…. Continue Reading →. Loose Ends Tied Up. Thank you, All, so much for your kind words about my latest quilt top! Continue Reading →. What Shade Are You? One of the th...
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When life gives you lemons, make hacked credit card art… – Lucky Lucille
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When life gives you lemons, make hacked credit card art…. I have another sewing project to share soon, but since I left off on the topic of fabric/surface design I thought now would be a good time to squeeze in another design project and a bit of a book review. The wonderful people at Quarto Publishing. Sent me a copy of Playing with Surface Design. As I mentioned in my last post. Print (shown above), I knew I wanted to try and recreate my own version of it. The credit card painting technique, as feature...
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Freebies – Lucky Lucille
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FREE June 2015 Desktop Wallpaper Calendar. Can you believe it’s almost June already? I certainly can’t… but speaking of months flying by, one thing I’ve really enjoyed doing lately is…. Continue Reading →. Hollywood Patterns – March 1946. I’ll be announcing the winner of my recent giveaway at the end of this post, but I wanted EVERYONE to feel like a winner…. Continue Reading →. Hollywood Patterns – March 1941. Another free download for you! Continue Reading →. Butterick Fashion News – April 1943. I̵...
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Three Things v.4 – Lucky Lucille
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Three Things v.4. Just a quick, fun post today since June has been a crazy month so far. …both good and bad things happening (such is life) that I’m trying to balance and it’s been rough if I’m being honest. Lot’s of things to keep me busy though so I like that! Three projects I’m working on:. I have a big quilt deadline coming up for RJR Fabrics. Tilly also invited me to try her newest sewing pattern, Agnes. Along with her new online workshop. For sewing with knits! If you’ve been following me for...
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Modified Butterick B6094 – Lucky Lucille
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On Friday I shared my latest sewing project on the Sew Sweetness. Blog for Sara’s fantabulous month-long Dress Up Party. I made a modified version of Butterick B6094. Which is one of Gertie’s newer vintage-inspired dress patterns featuring super adorable fold-over panels at the back. If you’d like to read the full details on the pattern and fabric, then hop on over to Sara’s blog to read my full post. Yeah I thought so 😉. You guys, for a second I literally thought I might be killed by a mutant bee….
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Rosebud Hat by Brooklyn Tweed. I taught myself how to knit around Christmas of 2012 and one of my goals for 2016 is to really advance my skills. As I mentioned in my last post, there’s a rather complicated looking hat on my #2016MakeNine list. That I’m excited to tackle but I wanted to ease into charted knitting slowly in order to set myself up for success. The Rosebud Pattern by Brooklyn Tweed. Is a really excellent pattern for doing exactly that. Continue Reading →. April 27, 2016. April 19, 2016.