Category Archives: Sewing

Dresses for Missions Update – 3-31-17

Posted on April 5, 2017 by civilwarrose5

Dress #36 As pretty as this dress is, I wasn’t at all pleased with it. First it took me forever to get back to working on it. I had the top part halfway done for about a month. Then the … Continue reading →

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Sewing – Replacing Pockets In A Coat

Posted on March 15, 2017 by civilwarrose5

Remember the blog post that I did about Dave’s bag? Well, after reading that Dave asked me if I could possibly replace the pockets in his wool pea coat. My mending/altering skills are very limited, but I told him sure. … Continue reading →

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A Quilt Rack for Babe

Posted on February 20, 2017 by civilwarrose5

This is my mom. My sister and I call her Babe. Last year when Babe and I went to the quilt show  she saw a quilt rack that she really liked. I took a picture of it so that I … Continue reading →

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Dave’s Bag

Posted on February 7, 2017 by civilwarrose5

This is Dave. Dave sits behind me in choir. Dave had a hard time keeping his music organized. My gift to Dave this Christmas was to organize his music into binders and page protectors. He loved it, but now he … Continue reading →

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Autumn Cross Project – 1-17-17

Posted on January 28, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I realize that today is not January 17th, but that’s when I took my last progress picture. So, here where I was on Jan 2nd: That was all stitched while I was off of work right after Christmas. Man, those … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I, for one, am glad to see 2016 in the rear view mirror. I know a lot of people who feel that way. It just seems like 2016 was extra hard. I sure hope that 2017 is a lot kinder … Continue reading →

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An Apron Present

Posted on December 20, 2016 by civilwarrose5

I’ve wanted to post on my blog, but everything that I’ve been working on are Christmas gifts. It’s really not fair if I show off the gifts before the recipients get to see them! Here is one present, though, that … Continue reading →

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My Civil War Fashion Patterns

Posted on December 5, 2016 by civilwarrose5

When my parents came over for Thanksgiving this year my mom brought me a bag of patterns. She had been cleaning out her pattern drawer and came across a bunch that were mine. The other day I took them out … Continue reading →

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Dresses for Missions Update – 11-4-16

Posted on November 4, 2016 by civilwarrose5

Dress #35: I was looking through my pile of fabric for dresses and realized that I have a lot of busy material. As I was trying to come up with a dress in my head I realized that I was … Continue reading →

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Dresses for Missions Update – 10-12-16

Posted on October 12, 2016 by civilwarrose5

Now that the weather has cooled a bit and my sewing room isn’t oppressively hot I’ve actually managed to get a few more dresses made. Dress #33  10-1-16 This dress has been in my head since I bought the material … Continue reading →

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