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#SewAndTell Week 13 - Everyday Heroes
I missed posting for week 12, so I'm going to over-share this week. ;-)
Appliance & sewing machine covers (#closetcore), purse organizer, machine stitch sampler.
#sewing

two appliances sitting on a garage shelf with fabric covers.

three sewing machines sitting on a brown table with fabric covers.

small gold and white striped purse organizer, filled.

muslin fabric with lines of stitching down in columns with numbers at the top indicating which machine stitch it is. stitches change in length and width from top to bottom.

November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

My grandparents were immigrants. Grandfather worked for the WPA...which my 7th grade social studies teacher called "a handout for work done".

Franca @applefranca.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely. I am the most privileged of immigrants, and I take this stuff *extremely* personally.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9d

My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.

Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?

November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

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

November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

Oh, this reminded me of a throwback for this Thursday. Unknown patterns I used back in the mid-70's. Star was pinned on for the 4th.
#garmentSewing #sewist

Long-haired female teen wearing navy corduroy overalls with a red western-style shirt that has navy accents.

November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

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.

November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

#Butterick 6130 (back zip🫣) Jumpsuit - but I made it as pants and top - both with side zippers. I think the pants are my fav so far. Did (Palmer/Pletsch) tissue fitting - resulted in a good many alterations.
#GarmentSewing

Woman standing in an entryway next to a window wearing a two piece outfit made from black-background with purple and blue paisley fabric.

October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

#SewAndTell Week 9 - Purple

How about a flashback to summer?
#McCalls 4040 Camp Shirt & #Butterick 3460 Long Skirt using #MoodFabrics Purple Mod Mushroom Slubbed Gauzy Cotton.

Tried a tulip sleeve on the top - don't love it. Think it's the wrong sleeve shape for it.

#GarmentSewing

short-haired woman standing outside on a patio wearing a gauzy matching top and skirt in a wild, colorful pattern.

same woman, same outfit, but showing the side slit in the skirt.

October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

Wow! The Wawak sewing supplies catalog has a larger index than some of my cookbooks! 🩵💙💜
#garmentsewing

An index page from a mail order catalog showing 4 columns of sewing supplies

October 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

Remind me again why I never want to use polyester charmeuse as a muslin? Oh yeah… I remember… Pinning!
#Garmentsewing

A pink and orange section of silky fabric where a hem has been pinned in using a lot of pins

October 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

This was toile number 7 (testing cuffed sleeve).....worn while hiking in Dead Horse Point State Park.

#GarmentSewing #JoAnnFabrics #SewSky

a hat-wearing woman wearing a blue shirt with self-fabric buttons standing in a rugged western Utah setting. Blue sky, lots of rocks.

September 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

How cool is the debris inside my sewing-machine-serger-cleaning-vacuum?!

#GarmentSewing #SewSky

dirty vacuum filter with colorful lines of debris

September 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

It took SEVEN wearable toiles before I was ready to cut into my mom's skirt fabric to make this McCalls 6504 short-sleeve shirt w/collar band, pocket, button placket, self-cuffed sleeve, and vertical front darts. It's now my fav.

#GarmentSewing #vintage
#SewSky #SewAndTell #sewskyfallchallenge

Smiling woman wearing a brown, pink, blue floral vintage fabric made into a short-sleeve shirt.

Vintage photo of a woman wearing the skirt and holding ME as an infant.

A brown, pink, blue floral vintage skirt. Yes, my 5'8" mom had a 24" waist a few months after giving birth to me.

September 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

Second Butterick 6838 nightgown - this time in a wonderfully soft winter-print knit. Used a coverstitch for sleeve hem, but went with a decorative stitch on the lower hem.

#GarmentSewing #JoAnnFabrics
#SewSky #SewAndTell #sewskyfallchallenge

white-haired woman standing in front a a green wall that has a landscape print hanging on it. she is wearing a holly berry and green leaf on Ivory nightgown.

close up of holly berry and green leaf on Ivory nightgown showing the two hem finishes.

September 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

Butterick 6838 night gown in a fall print (gosh, hope it doesn't keep me up at night!). Pattern left to me by a dear friend who died last year, so I will think of her every time I wear it. Cutting out another as we speak.

#GarmentSewing #MoodFabrics
#SewSky #SewAndTell #sewskyfallchallenge

woman standing in front of a green wall and fabric cutting table wearing a brightly colored cotton nightgown.

September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

Sewing Tip: Before sewing on buttons (by machine or hand), attach them with a dot of No-Sew fabric glue. Keeps them from moving around. Been sewing for 50 years & I just figured this out. Geeze.

#GarmentSewing #SewSky #Sewist

(proof of long-time sewing: blouse, skirt, & vest. unknown pattern):

1970's vintage photo of a teen in a pink-rose colored skirt and vest with a small-patterned floral long-sleeved shirt.

September 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

Simplicity 8875 Dress view D in a beautiful Viscose Woven

Thank god I made a muslin first - caused the following changes to pattern: (thread)

#GarmentSewing #MoodFabrics
#SewSky #SewAndTell

thread 1 of 4

short-haired woman wearing a flowered dress with navy background. she is standing in front of a white closet doors and there are various sewing accessories next to her.

September 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

I'm the opposite....I recall the excitement & being able to buy a bunch of new school supplies...and new books to read! Always read the first chapter before classes started.

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Aug 27

Why do I still have back to school anxiety

August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

Today's harvest
#VegetableGardening

(yeah yeah should've picked some things a lot earlier 😀)

Rare Aswad eggplant, Candy Sweet onions, Super Sauce Roma tomatoes, Tall Top Early Wonder beets, Bush Champion cuks, Rare Aleppo peppers, Oasis Hybrid turnips

August 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

If it's flannel it counts for #sewskyfallchallenge, right? McCalls 6024 wrap dress. Originally made with sleeve ruffle, but didn't like that at all. My smile is crooked due to dentist appt. ;-)
#GarmentSewing
#MoodFabrics
#MeMadeMay

grey-haired woman wearing a blue and white plaid wrap dress with a ruffle at neckline standing in front of a partial window and a green wall.

August 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

Lee #wildfire in Colorado: Size: 113378 Acres
Contained: 7%

Photos from inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-pho..., Garfield County Sheriff's Office FB & Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office FB

large fire's smoke column is mostly white with black on the right side.

large fire's smoke across huge swath of land shows pink

rural community with a large fire on the hilltop beyond

August 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Reposted by could have been Cassandra

Gallus Rostromegalus

@cryptidchicken.bsky.social

One of the best things about being in an international server is that if I mention that I live in Bear Country (CO), the Australians all howl about how we need to shut up about Aussie wildlife, because THEIR large carnivores mostly stay in the water, NOT INVITE THEMSELVES INTO THE KITCHEN. (🧵1/?)

August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM

could have been Cassandra

@lamcco.bsky.social

Smoke from local wildfires mean I "need" to stay inside and sew. McCalls 6504 short-sleeve shirt drafted to a scoop neck and using Simplicity 8875's puff sleeve. Psuedo African wax fabric from one of my final trips to JoAnn's.

#Sewist #GarmentSewing
#SewSky #JoAnnFabrics

Bespectacled short-haired woman wearing a bright orange, black and blue geometric print scoop neck shirt with unmatched 1" buttons.

July 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

Vs.

July 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM

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@lamcco.bsky.social

UG - Won't be using polyester charmeuse again (so many pins rqd) ...but still learning: Fabric that frays needs the french seam WST sewn w/ a serger - cuts off frays & tucks others away nicely. No strings hang out after sewing the RST seam.

#Sewist #GarmentSewing #SewSky #MoodFabrics