Category Archives: fashion

my costume/wardrobe chop shop

July 9, 2010 – 1:34 pm

Our daughter is enrolled in a theater camp this summer and the parents were asked to volunteer for some tasks. Given that I think of myself as a somewhat competent seamstress I volunteered to do costume construction and alterations rather than sell tickets or plan the cast party. The camp is performing Jungle Book, Cinderella [...]

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from dress to bike-friendly tunic

June 29, 2010 – 2:34 pm

In the spring, summer and fall I am lucky enough to live in a town where I can go most of the places I need to go on a bike. I have skorts and some skirts or dresses that I can wear on my bike without worrying about my skirt getting tangled in the spokes [...]

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travel clothes for kids

June 10, 2010 – 9:11 am

hens and

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making girls’ pants with a mission

December 22, 2009 – 9:23 pm

Back several years ago when I was a contributor to Whipup, I wrote a post about how frustrating it was as a mom that clothing manufacturers don’t make pants for girls that are as warm as those they make for boys. Many retailers and manufacturers offer flannel-lined pants for boys but you’ll have a hard [...]

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adventures with a $5 dress

August 11, 2009 – 11:04 pm

Although I design and make quilts for a living, I still consider myself an adventurous beginner when it comes to sewing garments. I can put in a zipper and am a pro at hemming clothes, as any 5-foot-tall woman should be, but when I look at these bloggers who can take an old jean jacket [...]

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