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KCW: The Only Thing I’m Making

Having KCW right after PRP makes it a little difficult for me to get motivated.  After over 4 weeks of spending every free minute working on outfits for my girls, how excited am I going to be to be spend

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Project Run and Play – Signature Style

I didn’t start out with the idea of bunches of bows but that is where it all went in the end… I started with Pattern Magic which I finally bought in January.  Such a beautiful book!  I just had to use one

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The Steampunk Blouse

Actually, taken out of the outfit, it’s just vintage-y, isn’t it?  I had a vision of a delicate blouse with lots of lace and ruffles.  Something edwardian.  When I ordered my fabric though, I had a hard time finding everything

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So Much More Than Leg Warmers

Like I said on Monday, I couldn’t let the knits challenge pass by without making something.  I was a little pressed for time so I didn’t want to make something huge.  And, if I’m being honest with myself, I’m still

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No Pictures

Last weekend, I had this panicky moment when I realized I hadn’t made anything I could share this week.  Life (code word for kids) put a hold on my creative endeavors and what I did manage to make was for

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Making Holes

It doesn’t look like I’ve been doing much creating lately, I know.  I’ve been working hard backstage though! During last Project Run & Play, I realized that my signature style involves making my own knits on my knitting machine .

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Oops

If you follow me on instagram (which reminds me that I need to get to work on those social media buttons), you know that I made a new hat for souricette 1 on Monday.  It’s the pointy hat pattern like

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Cables It Is Then

I started this post before lunch on Thursday.  Souricette 2 was home sick.  I‘m under the weather too.  Exactly when I have tons of work to do for my design for the last week of PRP.  My signature style.  I

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Project Run & Play: Winter Wonderland

When the themes for this season of PRP were announced, I pounced on Winter Wonderland.  I’ve talked about how I miss real Winters before so this theme really spoke to me. It said it wanted me to make a wool

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Mousies!

Apologies for crappy pictures.  I had a very dark, foggy day for them so they all came out, well, eh.  But! I finally figured out why my knitting machine was throwing tantrums!  It was my fault after all.  I was

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