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Living A Semi-Handmade Holiday: Teaching Sewing
I glory in most of Christmas’ excesses – an overabundance of gold accessories and garments, eggnog and peppermint induced happiness, Bing Crosby caroling and lighting schemes that seem to defy...
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Living A Semi-Handmade Holiday: Part 3
And the handmade saga continues. Today is part dos of Sara and Ashley’s first me-made skirt (click here for part one). In a recent interview (stay tuned!), the subject, who is the owner of a local...
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DIY: Super Easy, Sewing Inspired Gift Wrap
Last week, I infused terrain’s blog with a bit of sewing, sharing a super easy wrapping DIY. With just a few stitches, I turned their Linen Ribbon (similar to twill tape) into the pretty gift topper....
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Merry Christmas: The Reason For The Season
By now, your beloved Christmas cards have been sent. Hopefully. Whether routed via email or snail mail, those yearly cards bring everyone up to speed on both soft and hard news – summer vacations,...
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Madalynne Year in Review
This has been an incredible year for sewing, not only because of all the new indie pattern companies, fabric shops and series launched, but because the online sewing community as a whole continues to...
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Living a Semi-Handmade Holiday: Part 4
This adventure – living a semi handmade holiday – began as an endeavor to create a memorable holiday story. Storytelling is powerful. Appealing to both our emotions and our intellect, we remember...
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Weekend: Christmas Recap
Most people think of Christmas as a cold-weather holiday – sledding, skiing, snow and lots more cozy. But where I’m from, tis not so. I grew up in Florida and every season since moving to the north, I...
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Spiegel 60609 Sewing Machine Review + Giveaway
We live in a connected and interactive world. More than ever, our phones, tablets and computers are by our sides constantly. Each is synced to one another, and we can access people, documents and...
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Dressmaker’s Studio: An Affordable Online Apprenticeship
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday and gearing up for Christmas this Saturday. I’m in Florida enjoying the heat and time with my family. I am popping in today to tell you about a cool...
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A Very Jenga Christmas
Well, Christmas has come and gone. Can you believe it? I spent the holiday in South Florida with my family, and it was the perfect getaway. I even celebrated my 28 birthday! Cheers to another year of...
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Weekend: Thanksgiving Recap
Florida is not the best locale to deck the halls or to basque in holiday splendor. Flocking to FLA’s beaches year round, it’s where northerners go to excommunicate old man winter and baby Jesus. Has...
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You’re Invited! Open Sew Day with Madalynne
When brainstorming posts, events and such for this holiday, I threw out the idea of an open sew day to the PFAFF team. They LOVED it! I did too – obvi – but I wasn’t expected that kind of reaction. My...
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Open Sew Session with PFAFF
You know what movie I want to see? Collateral Beauty. It’s about a successful New York advertising executive who suffers a great tragedy, and when he retreats from life, his friends try to reconnect...
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