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I have a new collaborative effort in the works, and it has me once again collecting t-shirts.  I’ve been pretty lucky so far, what do you think?

I see a few grocery bags, some dresses, some yoga pants…I can’t wait to come back and show you what comes from these, but you’ll have to wait! [...]

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(Wouldn’t that be a great name for a store?  Or a tv show?  Or a blog about fashion faux pas?)
What do you do when you feel blocked?  Do you ever feel like you are in your own way in terms of meeting your creative potential?  How do you move on?

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A great pattern, great CS.

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Lettuce edges without a serger! Did you know? I didn’t!
This is the cutest little skirt, tutorial provided for personal use only but how cute!

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There seem to be two types of Japanese trends that us Americans are glomming onto.  One is the “kawaii” or cute thing, the other is the natural fibers/subdued/linen thing.  I love them both.  Which do you prefer?  Elaborate?

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At J. Caroline Creative

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They have that fabulous picnic print in a pink/brown colorway.
While I like the feeling and the contrast of the other colorway better, this would really be fabulous in the right outfit!

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Picnic

Juicy

I’m making Mei Tais for some friends and these are some fabrics I picked…

General July fabrics

Super special July fabric

There is more to come. I was given lots of fabric leeway by Mr. Wonderful this month and I have all those imports coming plus a very special yard of fabric.

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Oh I know. But as a teen of the 80’s I had an obligation to use that title for this post.
I did some shopping yesterday, really restrained myself to 3 yards, 1 yard per print. I am such a huge fan of these cute little prints, not all Japanese either. I [...]

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Article regarding the geography of crafting as a business.  And I am happy to be a tiny baby guppy in a little bitty crick out back!

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