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A Quick Skirt for Elizabeth

November 22nd 2011

I’ve been sick this past week. Hack up a lung with the cold without end, comatose with a Nyquil drip, sporting ratty pajamas with no thought for a shower sick. Tis the season and all that. DH gave it to me and now David is lying on the sofa, laid low with the same nefarious [...]

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Free Smocking Plate: Holiday Nutcracker

November 16th 2011

Boy smocking is always a challenge, especially when it comes to the holidays. The rules are as follows: nothing too ‘old fashioned’ ; nothing too ‘cutesy’ ; nothing too ‘fey’. Hopefully, this nutcracker soldier offers you a way to incorporate smocking into your holiday sewing without sentencing your little one to years of intensive therapy [...]

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Ruby’s Day Dress

November 15th 2011

I often take my children to the Hamilton Children’s Museum. We’ve been going since they were very little. It’s a wonderful, hands-place where they can play and explore to their hearts content. Earlier this year, one of the exhibits was about archeology. They had a giant sandbox with dinosaur bones glued to the bottom. [...]

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Grace Knott Smocking to Close

November 9th 2011

Holy Smokes! Grace Knott is closing its doors after 81 years? Say it ain’t so. It’s a Canadian institution. I wore GK designs. My great aunt smocked GK designs on the dresses she made in the 1940s and 1950s. They were one of the best smocking supply places around and because they were Canadian, I [...]

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	A Quick Skirt for Elizabeth November 22nd 2011 I’ve been sick this past week. Hack up a lung with the cold without end, comatose with a Nyquil drip, sporting ratty pajamas with no thought for a shower sick. Tis the season and all that. DH gave it to me and now David is lying on the sofa, laid low with the same nefarious [...] Read On 3 Comments Free Smocking Plate: Holiday Nutcracker November 16th 2011 Boy smocking is always a challenge, especially when it comes to the holidays. The rules are as follows: nothing too ‘old fashioned’ ; nothing too ‘cutesy’ ; nothing too ‘fey’. Hopefully, this nutcracker soldier offers you a way to incorporate smocking into your holiday sewing without sentencing your little one to years of intensive therapy [...] Read On Comments Off Ruby’s Day Dress November 15th 2011 I often take my children to the Hamilton Children’s Museum. We’ve been going since they were very little. It’s a wonderful, hands-place where they can play and explore to their hearts content. Earlier this year, one of the exhibits was about archeology. They had a giant sandbox with dinosaur bones glued to the bottom. [...] Read On Comments Off Grace Knott Smocking to Close November 9th 2011 Holy Smokes! Grace Knott is closing its doors after 81 years? Say it ain’t so. It’s a Canadian institution. I wore GK designs. My great aunt smocked GK designs on the dresses she made in the 1940s and 1950s. They were one of the best smocking supply places around and because they were Canadian, I [...] Read On 2 Comments	Recent Posts Gail Doane 4-Piece Set workshop Raise the Roof: a new pieced quilt project Spring Bouquet Quilt Top Complete Spring Bouquet Update #3 Free Smocking Plate: Posy of Pansies Recent Comments Claire on Gail Doane 4-Piece Set workshop Martha B on Gail Doane 4-Piece Set workshop Claire on Spring Bouquet Quilt Top Complete Fran on Spring Bouquet Quilt Top Complete Claire on Gail Doane 4-Piece Set workshop Associations Smocking Arts Guild of America Blog Roll Antique Pattern Library California Stitching Creations by Michie Dandelion Avenue Ellie Inspired Everything Sewing Fashion Incubator Ivory Spring Jan's Smocking Blog Judith Marquis/Amberlane Karen's Butterflies and Faeries La Sewista Maggie B Smocks Needle n Thread Needleprint Olabelhe Old Fashioned Baby Pin Tangle Posie Gets Cozy Sara Norris Ltd. Sew Blessed Sew n So's Sewing Journal Smocking by Janet Smocking with Gwen Southern Matriarch Stitch With Vaune The Smocking Bee Search for: Categories Book Review Crafts Embroidery Guest Blog Holidays magazine article News Pattern review Patterns Quilting Sewing for Children Sewing tips Smocking Smocking Plates Tutorial Uncategorized WIP Workshop Archives April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 November 2009 October 2009
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