Pattern Drafting

Black Linen Overdress

June 10, 2008 By Wardeh 6 Comments

I finally made an overdress. I’ve been talking about it for long enough! After the trials of Friday, I went back to the drawing board. My friend suggested wrapping myself in duct tape to make a pattern fitted just for me, but lacking duct tape and a companion to help me with it, I elected [...]

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Neck Warmer

March 16, 2008 By Wardeh 2 Comments

Because his hair is clipped shorter, the 100% merino wool beanie/skull cap — from when I first started practicing them — fits Jeff perfectly. Except it leaves his neck desiring warmth. So we created a neck warmer. It is really like a removable turtleneck! And it does the trick. The neck warmer is a serged [...]

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Layered Look T-Shirts

February 26, 2008 By Wardeh Leave a Comment

About two weeks ago, I made “layered look” t-shirts for Haniya and Naomi. I used thrift store knit sheets for the fabric. I figure each t-shirt cost about 60 cents. This is Naomi in her t-shirt. Haniya’s has the same base blue fabric, but combined with a navy blue instead of the green I used [...]

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Practicing Skull Caps/Beanies

February 11, 2008 By Wardeh 12 Comments

I really don’t like the name skull cap, but I guess that’s what they are — hats that stick close to the skull and its shape. Is a beanie different? I don’t know. But I do know that that is what I’m trying to make. That wool that I dyed twice in olive-brown last Thursday [...]

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Snow Vacation, Getting Stuck, Still Sledding, and Losing Trees

January 30, 2008 By Wardeh 4 Comments

Jeff said we would take the week off school — and he’s our principal, you know. I think we’ve gotten a foot and a half of snow. This morning, Jeff couldn’t get out to go to work. Someone else had tried to get out and got stuck in the middle of the road, blocking everyone [...]

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Water Repellent Supplex Pants

January 28, 2008 By Wardeh 6 Comments

I found hunter green water repellent supplex from a thrift store awhile back. I got a 3 yard bundle for $5, and then I got a 15-yard bolt for $12.50. Yesterday and today I made water repellent pants for all the kids to wear when sledding. They are staying perfectly dry in them for hours. [...]

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It’s Almost the Weekend

January 18, 2008 By Wardeh Leave a Comment

I actually feel the weekend is here on Thursday mornings after we get our early morning walk done, because that’s the last day of the week I have to get up at 5. Fridays I get to sleep in until 6. But no, the weekend really starts when Jeff walks in the door on Friday [...]

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Going Ahead

January 15, 2008 By Wardeh 5 Comments

Jeff felt good in his shirt yesterday. I made another one for him last night, using up the last of our sample of the 100% merino. I didn’t make it out of the lightweight, but am saving that for myself. Until we receive the roll of merino wool/lycra blend that I ordered, he’ll have to [...]

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First Wool Base Layer T-Shirt!

January 14, 2008 By Wardeh 7 Comments

Feel free to skip the details because I included my whole procedure on making Jeff’s first wool base layer shirt. But be sure to read the last full paragraph! My wool interlock samples from Covered Caboose arrived on Saturday. It was so exciting to open the package. We all opened it together since the whole [...]

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Necessary Sewing

January 11, 2008 By Wardeh 4 Comments

Mikah was down to 2 pairs of boxers that fit. I could never wash both of them at the same time, because he’d be wearing one pair. Which made it really tricky to always have a pair clean for him daily. I began this morning by making him 5 pairs of boxers. I had already [...]

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