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get to fixin': May 2010

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Friday, May 14, 2010. Things have finally been happening around our house after a long pause. We've mostly been cleaning up the yard and planting some perennials around the house. At this very moment, we're having our upstairs hallway painted! I can't tell you how happy I am to not have to do this myself. I loathe painting. I promise to post some photos as soon as it's done - I'm not doing it so you know it will actually get finished! I can't wait to see it and to finally hang up the light fixture. So th...

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get to fixin': August 2010

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010. Katydid trap and release. Saturday night we were awakened by a strange sound coming from the air conditioner in the office. Fernando jumped up and realizing there was something trapped inside of the AC, started to thump on the side. He saw something huge fly out but it was so fast he lost sight of it. The next day he walked into the office to find this on his computer screen:. I grabbed two plastic cups and Fernando swiftly trapped her between them. Thursday, August 5, 2010.

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get to fixin': July 2010

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Thursday, July 29, 2010. Planning its attack on Curtis High School. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Horton's Row: for sale! I love passing by this brick row of houses on Westervelt Avenue, close to Victory Boulevard:. Photo via Landmarks Preservation Commission. I think this area is usually considered part of Tompkinsville but it so close to St. George who really knows? The lines between neighborhoods in NYC are so blurry. Horton's Row, front view, circa 1885:. Horton's Row, Park (Rear) View, circa 1885:. They a...

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Flying Ducks: February 2013

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Bunny skirt and spotty dress. This weekend I used some bunny fabric to make a simple gathered skirt (in the same style I've made countless times). I'd intended on making a different pattern, but I knew the gathered skirt would suit the fabric well. A few weeks ago I also made another version of the Sew La Tea Do. Miss Marlo pattern (used for my skull dress. And also this pocket dress. Posted by Kylie C. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Flying Ducks featured on other websites. Apartment Therapy house call.

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Flying Ducks: December 2012

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I bought some fabric in the Spotlight post-Christmas sales, including this skull fabric. Mr C did not quite understand my choice of 'boy' fabric, but I figured I would make it look 'girly' as a skirt or a dress. I wanted to have a go at using bias binding for my neck and arm holes (instead of bothering with facings), so I decided to try it on the Miss Marlo dress from Pip's Sew La Tea Do. Book (I've previously used the same pattern for the dress and top in this post. Posted by Kylie C. And add the collar...

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Flying Ducks: October 2011

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Last night, after many months of no sewing (about ten months, actually), I decided to make a dress. I don't know if that means I'm officially 'old'. Ten years ago I would not have predicted that I'd be sewing late on a Saturday night! I decided to pull out my Sew La Tea Do. Book and make Pip's. Fabulous sunny day dress, as I'm sure it will be a good thing to have on hand in summer. I had just enough candy-stripe material in my stash (thanks to my friend Irene. Overall, this was a really. Posted by Kylie C.

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Flying Ducks: August 2012

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Project: Minnie Mouse blouse. I spent a bit of time last week trawling through the huge stash of Make It Easy. Sewing magazines and patterns that my Nanna gave me. Make It Easy. Was one of those weekly magazine series in the 1980s, and I now have the whole set. While there are some rather, ahem, scary-looking fashions (triangle-covered dungarees, anyone? There are also some really cute ones. In these photos I'm wearing the blouse with a black skirt. But before I had the instruction magazines). I thin...

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Flying Ducks: April 2013

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I made the best dress ever. It's true. We can all stop trying now. Last weekend I made this. It fits perfectly and it's super cute. I'm not sure it can be beaten. This pattern is New Look 6020. You see that 'Easy' label? The skirt fabric was chosen by Mr C. As it's a heavy drill, I didn't want to use it for the bodice like I did for my apple dress. Which unfortunately has facing that sometimes rolls to the outside due to the weight). I used a black poplin instead, and this worked perfectly. Kylie P Chall...

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Flying Ducks: Japanese cotton sateen skirt

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Japanese cotton sateen skirt. I recently purchased a few cheap New Look patterns online, but didn't have any suitable fabrics for them. A visit to Spotlight and $98 later, I ended up with an assortment of designs that I could instantly picture as dresses and skirts. I decided that the red and cream Japanese cotton sateen floral print would work perfectly as a skirt, and cut out the pieces for view D of this (minus the bows). Posted by Kylie C. November 25, 2012 at 10:54 PM. Brian and Deb Avery. Japanese ...

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Flying Ducks: Mustard pear top with collar

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Mustard pear top with collar. Included in my fabric haul from Spotlight last week was some mustard-coloured cotton with a white pear print. I originally planned to make a skirt with it, but yesterday wondered how it would look as a top with a Peter Pan collar. I didn't have a pattern for such a thing, so I decided to adapt this top. And add the collar myself. After scouring my pattern books, I found the perfect collar design in a book of 1980s kids' party dresses. Posted by Kylie C. Good job, you! Lookin...