My Little House on the Prairie Life

Yep, that’s what my mom calls it. In an effort to remove waste and chemicals from my life, I try to buy local, with less packaging, buy in bulk, and make most of my own stuff. People have asked how to get started on this. Well, the first step is to make better choices. For…

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Too busy to blog??

What have I been up to since I last checked in?… alterations, restorations, refashions, reproductions, oh my… I’ve been doing a ton of work for a massage therapist.  She asked me to copy a pair of pants and make a pattern.  Since then she has had me make 8 pairs of pants.  We are working…

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Hitting the books

I am in the process of coming up with a curriculum for making jeans. I’ve been trying to fit it in between the many projects I’ve been working on. Here are some resources that have come in handy. Next month I should have reviews of the three patterns that I plan on working with. Articles…

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