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22 May, 2012

• 02:33 AM

  orchardcity favorited the project My first swimming suit

  

20 May, 2012

• 06:33 PM

  orchardcity added the project called The New Favourite Summer Dress

  

  Fabric: Rayon, creamy-white with navy polkadots and random faint blue splotches where the ink ran in the wash (!!!), thrifted

  Pattern: None

  Year: 2011

  Size: Made to measure

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11 May, 2012

• 05:26 AM

  orchardcity commented on the project Natty's Motorcycle Jacket

  So inspiring! This is pretty much what I want mine to look like, though I’m still in searching fo…

  

7 May, 2012

• 01:23 AM

  orchardcity commented on the project Emerald and Roses Pastille Dress

  Thank you so much! I just made a second one, which is fully lined, and it’s even nicer than this …

  

25 April, 2012

10 April, 2012

• 12:42 AM

  orchardcity favorited the project Recycled Material Bustier Top

  

• 12:38 AM

  orchardcity favorited the project Long button up

  

• 12:38 AM

  orchardcity commented on the project Long button up

  I’m so inspired that you drafted it yourself from an old shirt! If I can’t find a good pattern f…

  

• 12:17 AM

  orchardcity favorited the project Sew Weekly :: Mad Men Challenge :: Petite Holloway

  

• 12:17 AM

  orchardcity commented on the project Sew Weekly :: Mad Men Challenge :: Petite Holloway

  So fabulous!!!

  

• 12:15 AM

  orchardcity ’s status has been updated to:
  My mission: A fitted yet comfortable button-up workshirt!

  

9 April, 2012

• 11:40 PM

  orchardcity ’s status has been updated to:
  My mission: A fitted yet flexible button-up workshirt!

  

• 11:37 PM

  orchardcity commented on the project Emerald and Roses Pastille Dress

  Thanks, I’m so glad! It really is a great, classic design… I think I would have realized this …

  

1 April, 2012

• 09:44 AM

  orchardcity added the project called Emerald and Roses Pastille Dress

  

  Fabric: Poly-blend (?) thin fabric, found in a bag of quilting scraps from a thrift store. It was only 36" wide! Luckily it was 9’ long… The white and pink roses each face a different direction…

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19 November, 2011

• 07:13 AM

  orchardcity commented on the article Comment to Win ANOTHER "My Double Deluxe" Dress Form from Dritz!

  My first project was a puppet, which I sewed when I six years old. I think it was a possum… Or…

  

9 November, 2011

• 03:12 AM

  orchardcity commented on the article Comment to Win a "My Double Deluxe" Dress Form from Dritz!

  I love my bias-tape maker, and love coming up with projects just to use it.

  

5 August, 2011

• 10:15 PM

  orchardcity commented on the project Work Plus Sized Coffee Date Dress no 1

  So lovely! I’m thinking of doing the same thing, because though I could fit the 42 bust, I’d nee…

  

• 09:40 PM

  orchardcity added the project called 30th Birthday Parfait

  

  I decided to celebrate my 30th birthday by sewing myself a dress… Which is something I’d never done before. Previous to this project, the most complicated item I’d ever sewn from a pattern was a …

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