Category: sewing
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Hurry Up and Wait (to sew)
I went up to my parents’ house for a birthday BBQ yesterday (which was super delicious) and came home with one of the sewing machines that’s been living in their basement – yay! It’s a Singer from the 1970s – model is Stylist 514. I downloaded the manual from the Singer website and threaded it […]
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Almost
I finished hemming my Wiksten tank, with plans to wear it to a family barbecue this past weekend, but sadly when I went to get dressed, a problem became apparent. See how the left shoulder in the photo is a bit higher than the other? Especially with my smallish shoulders, this translated to a really […]
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Heat Wave
It’s really, really freaking hot out there this week – here in Toronto it’s always terribly humid in the summer, and the highs with the humidex this week are over 40C/104F! Luckily I’ve got lots of iced coffee and AC at home (mostly; it’s a long story) so it’s not too bad. I’ve also got […]