Sewing – Chronicles of Christina

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Make Nine 2021

Christina
posted on February 23, 2021
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Well in a pandemic, and a year that included rehabbing from surgery, I haven’t spent any time on this blog. Makes me think it’s time to decide – either the ease of use isn’t working for

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Rescuing My Bluprint Classes – A Mac Perspective

Christina
posted on June 6, 2020June 10, 2020
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Like many I was disappointed and annoyed when I heard that Bluprint was closing. Even moreso, that it didn’t have an immediate plan to allow us to save our “own forever” classes. I

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M6696 Shirtdress – Late to the Party!

Christina
posted on May 15, 2020
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I’m definitely late to the party, but am joining the masses that have made McCall’s M6696 – a classic shirtdress that is still going strong. With an instagram hashtag with >1000+ posts

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A Dream Machine

Christina
posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
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This is only my second, recent, sewing post on this blog. But it’s also my second recent post here too. Things fell off when I moved to Seattle and my thoughts around having a blog shifted away

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A sewing milestone! Custom made Jeans!

Christina
posted on April 18, 2020
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For me, I wear jeans frequently. I love a good pair of jeans that fit. Finding a pair that fits properly has been a challenge. As I’ve been moving along in my sewing journey over these past few

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Test Sewing Post

Christina
posted on January 18, 2020March 11, 2020
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This is a test sewing

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Pocket Diaper Success!

Christina
posted on June 1, 2015March 11, 2020
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In an effort to build my cloth diaper stash, learn how to sew and fill my need for handmade things, I’ve made my first pocket diaper for my little guy. I keep forgetting to photograph him

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Diaper Cover

Christina
posted on April 14, 2015March 11, 2020
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Oh the world of cloth diapering is a big one. People have stashes, collect prints, and easily spend serious coin on their cloth. Me? I cloth diaper. My son has only ever been in one disposable. I

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A needle and thread…

Christina
posted on April 8, 2015March 11, 2020
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And a highly computerized machine… It has been a while, hasn’t it!?!? I haven’t known what to write and I haven’t felt like I’ve had a solid direction. Not to mention