Monthly Archives: March 2013

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE – I’VE MADE A SHIRT.

Posted on March 12, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

Yes, I said ‘I’ve made a shirt!’  I’ve made blouses, and blouses that pretended to be shirts, but I wanted to make a shirt shirt. a real man’s shirt.[no, the one on the right isn’t it]  I may have mentioned … Continue reading →

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ONE YEAR ON….THE GAME PLAN

Posted on March 11, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

It is one year from when I put up my first post, so officially it is my first anniversary today. But I don’t really feel that it is genuinely my first anniversary because the blog as it is now really … Continue reading →

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IT IS WHAT IT IS, MA!

Posted on March 10, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

I have a very beloved daughter who frequently says the above words to me [she’ll know who I mean]. By which I think she means that whatever ‘IT’ is,  has to be accepted because it can’t or won’t be changed. That … Continue reading →

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SEWLUTIONS – Show and Tell.

Posted on March 8, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

[You might want to grab a cup of tea/coffee before starting to read this – it’s a bit long]. At the beginning of the year Karen asked us to put our ‘Sewlutions’ in a jar and see how many people kept … Continue reading →

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I HAD AN IDEA

Posted on March 7, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

Just take a look at this pattern again ~ it is Vogue 7034, same as yesterday’s blouse ~ but just click on the picture and look at the skirt. Now wouldn’t that make a lovely skirt? I love the neat … Continue reading →

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NOW DIDN’T I SAY?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

Well, if not rainy, grey and nothingey. [Now here come the excuses!]  I went to set up for taking the pictures of the blouse as I said I would, ~ but the batteries in the camera were flat. At the … Continue reading →

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SPRING?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

Beautiful spring day today. I should be out in the back garden getting ready for the Summer, or taking pictures of the beautiful sunshine, but instead I chose to finish my Vogue 7034 ‘blouse’. The pity is that tomorrow will … Continue reading →

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VOGUE #7034

Posted on March 3, 2013 by lifeaworkinprogress.com

Yet another blouse, my sixth addition to the wardrobe of handmade blouses. I have actually made seven, but the navy blue ‘Mao meets Coco’ is still sitting sulking in the naughty corner. This Vogue pattern is actually a dress and … Continue reading →

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