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go canada! olympic spirit aline dresses

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by Janice on 02/11/2014

My girls were thrilled with the gold and silver wins by Canadian sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and asked me to make them dresses to “match”. The Aline dress pattern from Lil Blue Boo, was a terrific starting point, and I added in a jersey applique of the a maple leaf to make the dresses […]

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rollie pollie chairs for christmas

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by Janice on 12/02/2013

We are caving. My girls are some of the last in their classes to own some sort of ‘i’ product and we have decided they are old enough to take care of iPad Minis. I won’t go into the debate we had about whether this was the right time / okay, but will say that […]

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library dresses for santa visit

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by Janice on 11/19/2013

I am sure I will be devastated if/when the girls outgrow our tradition of new fancy dresses for their annual Santa visit. This year I used beautiful Westfalen fabrics, purchased from Fraulein Stephi’s Etsy shop. Our local quilt shop, Creative Edge Quilting & Sewing shop in North Vancouver, carried lovely coordinating gingham fabrics from Stoffe, […]

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serger fun (finally)

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by Janice on 09/02/2013

I have had my Bernina 1150 serger for 3 years, but other than serging knits before I washed them, hadn’t trusted it with projects. Though I had translated the Farbenmix Laura pattern 6 months ago, our busy life this spring, had left these projects in the ‘to do’ sewing bin.  The leggings were from the […]

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bamboletta sleeping bags

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by Janice on 07/07/2013

A summer trip home to Ontario always includes a trip up to our family cottage, just north of the Muskokas. The girls brought their Bamboletta Little Buddies with them on the plane, and unbeknownst to them, their Oma had ordered Classic Dolls for them as gifts on their arrival. My Mother-in-Law had been diagnosed with […]

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over the rainbow, marissa dress

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by Janice on 06/21/2013

I was (just) able to complete two Marissa dresses for my girls to wear to the Mirvish production of the Wizard of Oz on June 28th. This was sentimental for me because once my sisters and I were old enough to enjoy it, our end of school gift was usually a trip to the theatre […]

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