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07.21.08Crafting Across Cultures(Or why we love Uwajimaya.) Maybe it's because we both lived in the international dorm in college, went to grad school oversees, did a fair amount of international traveling (before the dollar tanked and it was actually affordable to travel) and possibly even because Josh has a degree in International Studies, but we are both really interested in books, magazines and publications about sewing and "making stuff" from around the globe. (We also are both compulsive consumers of books and magazines on all sorts of subjects, so this feeds multiple interests at once...) One of our favorite Portland grocery stores happens to ...
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10.09.07Shear(ling) Lovefrom sarah the sewist Josh's birthday is coming up next month, and since he made me such a fabulous gift that I know was a real labor of love, as well as a major pain in the butt, I feel compelled to make something for him that's he's going to love as much as I love my gift. Plus, my husband's just generally awesome, and he deserves something special. When our latest Burda World of Fashion magazine arrived, Josh was thrilled because it actually contained three men's patterns. He was immediately taken with the snazzy faux shearling fisherman's coat. (You can check out ...
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08.16.071908 Americans FabricLast weekend we found the right color and drape of fabric for Josh's 1908 St. Louis Americans jacket. We considered going more authentic, but the right color, weight and drape of wool flannel is just too expensive for such an experimental project (have we mentioned that we're kind of cheap?). Instead, we found a stretch corduroy that's very fuzzy and really has the look that we want, even though it's not straight up authentic. This is as far as we've gotten in the project. We'll keep you posted. A big "thank you" to Nancy of Sew West for her input on the fabric. ...
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08.02.07InspirationWhat you have here is a 1908 St. Louis Americans Warm Up Jacket. That's baseball. We're looking at trying to replicate this as our big fall project. We're perplexed about the fabric choice, though. What do you think? Corduroy? Flannel? Boiled wool? Nothing seems just right, and all we've got to go on is a photo in an auction catalog Josh picked up at Powell's. The plan we're thinking about right now is to go for a gray corduroy (because it's relatively cheap) for the first one, pretty much copying the styling as much as we can---with the exception of ...
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