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  • Ironing board hack
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    Ironing board cart for your sewing room

    September 4, 2019 / 54 Comments

    This easy Ikea hack of mine combines the Ikea Råskog cart with the Ikea Jäll ironing board to make a movable small ironing cart with storage space.

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  • Pattern drafting this orange ramie dress.
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    Drafting my orange ramie dress (a FREE pattern)

    July 9, 2019 / 36 Comments

    It was time for me to practice my pattern drafting skills and I decided to make a vintage-inspired fit-and-flare dress out of rusty orange ramie fabric.

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  • Ironing board covers
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    Ironing board covers for Ommel festival

    May 9, 2019 / 2 Comments

    Tutorial on how to make a ironing board cover and chatting about the upcoming Ommel festival.

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  • Lizzie skirt in tweed.
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    Tweedy Lizzie with a couture waistband

    March 29, 2019 / 2 Comments

    I sewed the Lizzie skirt by Sew Over It.To make matters more interesting I decided to learn how to make a couture waistband with a Petersham ribbon.

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  • Flat lining
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    Couture explorer: Flat lining and hand felled seams

    March 8, 2019 / 4 Comments

    I am making a modern version of a 19th century pattern. This allows me a chance to learn to flat line a skirt and to make hand felled seams. Learn with me!

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    Camera insert for my bag

    November 30, 2018 / No Comments

    Sew a camera insert for your handbag to turn your regular handbag into a camera bag! Here is an easy tutorial on how to make it!

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  • 10 things I have learned while shopping for fabric.
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    10 things I have learned when shopping fabric

    November 10, 2018 / 9 Comments

    I have definitely bought wrong fabrics for wrong projects, bought too little or too much or paid too much. So, here is a list of 10 things I have learned.

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  • Organizing sewing patterns.
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    How to organize your sewing patterns?

    October 31, 2018 / 2 Comments

    If you are like me, you have accumulated hundreds of sewing patterns over the years. If you feel that your collection is out of control you can use my flowchart to organize your sewing patterns.

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  • Lightbulb vase
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    DIY flower vase from an upcycled light bulb – Kukkamaljakko hehkulampusta

    October 23, 2018 / 2 Comments

    I show how I turned an old light bulb in to a nice hanging flower vase. Askartelin vanhasta hehkulampusta kivan roikkuvan yhden kukan maljakon.

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  • Beaded hummingbird.
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    Couture explorer: Beading and tambour embroidery

    September 27, 2018 / 4 Comments

    If you have ever looked at haute couture fashion shows, you have seen the breathtaking embroidery designs that combine thread, sequins and beads to create fantastic elaborate designs that decorate evening gowns, collars or perhaps jacket cuffs. In haute couture, those intricated patterns are created by hand. Sometimes whole skirts are full of intricate swirls of both beads and thread. How are those made?

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