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7 July

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  Jul 7, 2009, 07.44 AMby dkocsis45

  so what have you been up to? I haven’t seen any new creations recently by you. (ok, i’ve not posted any either, but I have made some :) I just need to get them photographed) Hope all is going well for you this summer.

  Drop a line if you get a chance.

  Dan

17 June

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  Jun 17, 2009, 11.45 AMby juebejue

  aww thank you thank you, you just made my morning! :) i love your wrap dress! one day i am going to make a knee length one! :)

31 May

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  May 31, 2009, 07.31 AMby skwarynia

  Thank you for comment on my Sweet Polka Dot top;] It’s very ‘feminine’ look;] I like your dresses, especially Fifties sundress, you look as merilyn!:]

26 May

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  May 26, 2009, 11.23 PMby solv

  Hei! Du spurte om hvor jeg hadde fått tak i stoffet til skjørtet mitt – jeg kjøpte det på Saab tekstil på Grønland (Smalgangen) i Oslo. Men det hvite mønsteret er brodert/sydd på – jeg er ikke så kjent med sy-sjargong, men borderprint betyr at mønsteret er trykket direkte på stoffet, ikke sant? Så da må jeg nok skuffe deg… Forresten utrolig mye fint du har sydd! Jeg digger den røde 50-tallskjolen, den er utrolig kul! :)

12 May

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  May 12, 2009, 09.26 AMby dkocsis45

  oh, you had asked about my wife, she sews, but very little. It’s something she doesn’t really do much. She is more artistic. She enjoys drawing and writing poetry. I started sewing for something to do. I had bought her a sewing machine when our first child was about to be born. She just never made anything with it, so when she was visiting her parents for a month, I got out the machine and self taught myself how to thread it and work with a few different types of material. I made her a dress. It wasnt that great, but it was ok for a first attempt. The pattern was made a little wrong for her body type so it didn’t fit very well. I just kept trying and trying and now am trying to actually sit back down and do a little more with it. Time has just been filled with so many things I have to get done that I never finished her Easter dress. It’s about 80% done, and I’m sure it will be lovely when it’s finished… maybe by this summer. how is your candy-stripe skirt coming along?

11 May

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  May 11, 2009, 07.03 AMby ink

  Thank you Miss Constance! I love your dresses also! Burda provides a box where I put the pattern name in but I didn’t realize that it does not post them! I used a pattern by Simplicity 3535. SUPER EASY. Unlike your creations that look very sophisticated! How is Norway? Jeg levde i Norge siden mange år, så vakker. Jeg husker meget mange ord ikke ! I love your country, your very lucky to live there!
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  May 11, 2009, 02.55 AMby yolimba

  Jeg vet at jeg er veldig sen… Men jeg vil si tusen takk for tilbudet deg :-) Kanskje vil jeg spørre deg snart om norsk litteratur – jeg lærer norsk siden 2 år (eller: jeg prøver det ;-)), men jeg føler meg fremdeles litt usikker.

  Ha det bra & hjertelig hilsen, jenny.

28 April

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  Apr 28, 2009, 05.04 PMby jane-mun

  tak for din kommentar. JA det kom godt passe at mønstert er der fra

23 April

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  Apr 23, 2009, 02.24 PMby dkocsis45

  Thank you for the kind comment on my wife. yes, she is a pretty woman. And yes “poor kids” is right!!! wow, 4 to 5 languages!!! :) well, we will see when you get to that point ;) yes, thank you for the description of the Scandinavian. I do appreciate that. It does help me to understand better. As for my wife, no, she doesn’t sew. She does a little, but not very interested in it. Her mother is a seamstress from a young age. She does a lovely job, makes her own patterns and has made me some patterns for Irina as well. She drafted a bodice sloper for Irina, and I’ve been experimenting with it, making a few dresses, a few tops, modifying and making a princess seam dress, etc. Just muslin so far, and one jersey dress. Jersey came out ok, but I need to do a little work to the neckline before I can post it. Jersey seems to be a favorite of many on here, but I think I need to work with it a little more.
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  Apr 23, 2009, 06.44 AMby carottesauvage

  Dear Constance, Thank you for your kind comments. I really like what you have been posting so far and the setting of your photos! Keep well. All the best. Helene

18 April

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  Apr 18, 2009, 07.29 AMby lizah

  Okej, men då kan jag ju skriva på svenska då :) tack igen för kommentarerna! det värmer!

17 April

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  Apr 17, 2009, 06.47 PMby dkocsis45

  You definitely look European, but I’m not as familiar with how Norwegians, Finnish and Swedish look, so I wasn’t quite sure if your family had possibly moved there from Russia or the Ukraine. Your English is excellent, by the way and yes, the more I learn of Russian, the more I understand the beauty of it! I was just curious if you spoke Russian as a first language. My children do, but the eldest is losing it by going to the public school system here. We are going to try and change that by teaching him at home with a bi-lingual curriculum. I would like for him to speak spanish, russian and english. Those are pretty much everything they would need for living here. Do you speak Russian fluently? Mine is awful. I started to study about 13 years ago when I first met some Russians, and I never got too far with my learning. I do know some and try to learn more when I can. And now, being married to a Russian, her mother only speaks Russian so the kiddies need to keep speaking it so they can talk with their grandmother. I hope you don’t mind me asking questions.
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  Apr 17, 2009, 05.39 PMby lizah

  Hi! thanx for your comment on my dress! :) Can you speak a little swedish? btw, I love your creations, the green one is great! :)

16 April

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  Apr 16, 2009, 09.30 PMby dkocsis45

  so, where were you born that you have such an incurable obsession with 50s style, a fantastic ability to sew vintage clothing and a healthy interest in the Русский язык? Were you born in Norway or did you/family immigrate at some time?

14 March

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  Mar 14, 2009, 09.20 PMby edier

  Yes you can’t go wrong with anything moomin! :D I like the skirt you made.

25 August

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  Aug 25, 2007, 07.10 PMby marmota-b

  I just want to tell you I really like your avatar picture, because Snufkin (as he’s called in English, I believe) is one of my favourite characters. :-)