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27 Apr White Polka Dot Voile!

Posted at 08:50h in Mood Fabrics, Mood Sewing Network, sewing blogs, Sewing Tops, Uncategorized by goodbyevalentino 111 Comments

Greetings from the nation’s number one wedding destination spot, Charleston, SC! Hubs and I are in the Old Village of Mt. Pleasant, just across the bridge from Charleston. We’re staying in an inn above one of our favorite restaurants and attending a wedding in a historic home on the Ashley River. So is there anything better to wear while strolling amidst the gentle breezes and tree-lined streets of this charming city than a white cotton voile tunic? The tunic was a work in progress beginning with my own pattern and this delightful polka dot cotton voile from Mood Fabrics. After cutting the bodice I...

16 Apr DVF Lace Part II

Posted at 07:08h in Mood Fabrics, Mood Sewing Network, Sewing Tops, Susan Khalje Sewing Class, Uncategorized by goodbyevalentino 100 Comments

What a difference a top makes! Some people are born to sew couture. It relaxes them they say...

05 Apr The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Posted at 20:53h in Refashioning Clothes by goodbyevalentino 96 Comments

Perhaps you've read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up subtitled the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo. Recently I reached my breaking point of being disorganized.The only area in my home remotely organized was my sewing room. I got a taste of the book on my flight to Scottsdale inspiring me to keep my suitcase organized while there, but I read the book in its entirety on the flight home and have been tidying up for the last four days...