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SewinUpAStorm

Villa Park, IL, US
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While designing for the petite and curvy, a request came in for pet apparel. I got a real kick out of how a beautiful dress looked on my friends dog. So I made a dress for her dog that matched her sons dates homecoming dress. The date loved the dress so much that after taking pictures at one house, they went to the others house and put the dress on the cat.

craft interests: embroidery, fashion, gifts, holidays, restyle, sewing

Member Since: 07/29/2008

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Polka Dot Halter

Jul 22, 2010

I made this dress as the muslin for a dress that I was making for a holiday party.  I used an inexpensive knit fabric that had a fun print.  I like to us a fabric for a muslin that can be...

Zen Room

Nov 5, 2008

The Ultimate Sewing Room contest entry

Poodle Skirts

Oct 22, 2008
1 comment

Well, she isn't a poodle, but she is an adorable bridesmaid.  My hairdresser was getting married and wanted a "bridesmaid" dress for her pooch.  She asked me if I could make one and I told...

The Bag Bag

Jul 29, 2008
7 comments

After seeing photos of the destruction caused by plastic bags, I decided we needed to do something with them once we brought them home to keep them from becoming destructive. I chose to enter the...


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Re: The Bag Bag

In order to make this bag I cut the bags in half from the center of the bag through the handle. This kept the bags the same size. I opened one of the bags up along the sides and placed it on a piece of poster board. This was the lining of the plastic so that items would not poke through the weaving. I wove the bags together by placing the set of rows on poster board and holding it to the board with binder clips. As I wove the strips crosswise, I held them in place with binder clips. After I finished weaving the pieces together, I attached them to the lining piece by sewing around the edges. I then used the woven bags as a piece of fabric and sewed up the rest of the bag.

posted: 11:21 am on April 1st  

Re: The CraftStylish Caption Contest: Knitwear Comes Back to Haunt Us

Do I want a recipe for what kind of pie?

posted: 11:54 am on October 25th  

Re: The Bag Bag

I'm so glad that you like this. My next project will be a dress using the bags for the bodice. My daughter wants to wear it for Earth Day next April. I found a great eco-friendly cotton fabric that has eco-friendly sayings on it that I will use for the skirt.

posted: 2:13 pm on August 5th