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@lamcco.bsky.social
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❄️ Sewist ❄️ Hiker ❄️ Over-organizer ❄️ Baker (& baked goods eater) ❄️ Owner of too many xlsx's ❄️ Plant & veggie grower

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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
me please.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
not just #garmentsewing .....this is how many pieces there are to make the Craftsy DuffleBag
46 pieces of fabric in various patterns laying on a wood floor.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
It's why I converted my back-zip jumpsuit pattern into pants and top (both with side zippers). Will post the 2nd making of it soon. Butterick 6130 #garmentsewing
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Both are fun! The elastic waist on the 2nd might be more forgiving. Think about bra wearing for both. If the first has back zipper...think about how to use restroom.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
When I was in high school and used my mom's sewing machine it has one of those. Worked great.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Is the bodice 'gathered' to fit the collar? If so, be sure to use TWO lines of basting for the gathers. Some patterns don't say to do that, but it makes the gathers so much more even. Your V front on the shirt is BEYOND perfect! I never get them to look that good.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Just be aware the free Mood patterns vary widely in the quality of the instructions. Some are great, so are severely lacking.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I keep track of fabric I've used w/reviews. My review for a chiffon: "NO - OMG - never sew with polyester chiffon again. Impossible to cut correctly, and cut edges frayed like crazy. It dropped a LOT of tiny pieces too - as if it was asbestos." (I've heard silk chiffon is easier to work with.)
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
absolutely stunning!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Pretty!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I bought a set of 32 presser feet; two of them help with stitching in the ditch: Open Toe Embroidery Foot - the open toe allows me to see where the needle is hitting. Patchwork Edge Joining Stitch Foot - it has a metal bar you put in the seam, and the needle will hit right there. #garmentsewing
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Love these and the colorful details on front and straps. 🥳
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Nice! So stylish.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
"started life as a pyjama pant pattern" - Wow!!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Very nice!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
And over here pants are always too short for me (unless I buy 'long')...but petite shirts often fit better due to short arms. 🫠
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I tend to buy from ebay where someone has a bunch of uncut patterns for sale. Just make sure they are less expensive than buying new (simplicity.com often has good sales).
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I am ridiculously excited to have received my tote bag and my first issue of #TheAtlantic!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
WOW!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Tears. 🩷
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/11/2025
Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I used the #closetCore trouser class to sew my first pair of Mitchells. When the time comes to cut the fabric for the welt pocket scary music plays. 😂 Good job on the welt!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
happens to the best of us!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Very nice!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Beautiful
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Wow. I've never dyed to match anything I've sewn!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
And....our final harvest. The new garden beds (with new soil) did NOT produce good-sized vegetables. We'll amend and try again next year. #vegetablegardening
A white towel covered in vegetables including eggplant poblano peppers Aleppo peppers beets onions turnips and chard
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Something is so very wrong with these. Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe how I feel.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Wonderful details!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Nice! And that's a very cool waistband.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Thanks!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Cut a bit larger than the largest size and use the Palmer/Pletsch (sp?) method of tissue fitting.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hey, I know how to mow the lawn....doesn't mean I can't pay someone else to do it! Choose to do the parts of sewing you enjoy. 🙂
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thank goodness we have stretch fabrics now.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I suggested that #closetCore join us here. I believe one may be lurking. 😉
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Looks comfy. Happy lemons!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Love it!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This week’s #SewAndTell is projects made from scraps. I had a scrap-busting frenzy this past spring. Made swimsuits (posted earlier), #SimplicityPatterns 3634 tank tops, and zippered bags (ala craftsy's beginning serger class) #garmentSewing
five tank tops hanging on a door.  two are solid color, 3 are patterns that include purple.Eight zippered toiletry bags on a brown table.  two are brown, 2 pink, 2 blue and white plaid, and 2 blue with orange animal faces.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I didn't think of it earlier, but do you have a taylor's clapper? That can help
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Too funny!!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
He was a fairly young college instructor....bet he did. 😆
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I made some pleated trousers using an old sheet. Pleats would not iron either. Even seams wouldn't iron flat. I figure that the fabric had some sort of wrinkle-preventing process done to it. Sorry, no advice other than to use a different fabric.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I just did a ( Palmer/Pletsch style) tissue fitting on a pattern that has a similar bodice/midriff...and added the rqd length before cutting fabric. 😉
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I was called "morose and less than effervescent" by my boss at the Ground Round where I was a 19-year-old waitress. I still laugh about it.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Setting: 1981, COBOL 201 class Instructor says: within ten years every software program needed will already have been written and you will all be out of a job.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My photos of that location did not convey its awesomeness. Yours comes closer!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Thanks!
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Which bra pattern? That's on my to-do list.
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Immediately thought of Beljoxa's Eye
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could have been Cassandra @lamcco.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
If you're talking waistband (& not leg height), I do the same changes. 😃
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