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Chambray alteration pt 1

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all are still plugging away on  your Make and Mend projects. I've been blog hopping and I'm seeing tons of people taking advantage of the Make and Mend mentality. It's inspiring! Keep it up!

I guess you could call this an alteration, though, with all the summer refashions going on in the sewing blogosphere, it seems to be an epidemic!



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Me wearing my dust bowl dress!

Hi everyone. I finally have some images of my tulip sleeved dust bowl dress. 
I went out swing dancing and I wanted to wear something cool. These pics are with my iPhone and it's a bit dark, so not the greatest.

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Dancin' dancin' dancin'

This past Thursday, I went to a friend's birthday party at Lindy Groove.

They have dancing every Thursday, and a basic dance lesson, which I attended. It was fun, and Ive made a serious decision to learn Lindy Hop.

Although I have a lot of friends who dance, I cant seem to find any who want to teach, so I guess I have to take lessons. Im fine with that. I dont want to half ass it anyway. I really want to learn as much as I can, get a foundation, and see where I go from there.

I was happy, I got asked to dace 5 times, after my wimpy lesson. I still dont know anything, but Im very eager to learn. Yay, an interest in a new hobby.

The dress I wore I made from navy cotton seersucker. The pattern was a late 30s one, and I actually have it reproed in my etsy store.


It was a hit, and I got a lot of compliments. It was also light enough that I didnt get real hot.

I had so much fun. I cant wait to get the cash together to take lessons!
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