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The TARDIS ESP Dress

04/6/2016

Allons-y, Whovians! Or non-Whovians as it may be!  Yep, it’s another Decades Everyday ESP Dress!  This is definitely my go-to pattern when it comes to my TNT patterns.  It’s a quick and easy dress to make, that you can truly go from cutting to wearing in a day.   BTW, this pattern is now available in PDF […]

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The Wonder Woman Dress

09/30/2015

Hello friends! I’m so happy to share this dress with you! Yes, another ESP dress, but this time in one of my favorite fabrics — Wonder Woman!!! I bought this fabric earlier this year from Beverly’s.  I was never a big fan of Wonder Woman until I read some of the early stories from the 40’s […]

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The Star Trek Dress

02/17/2015

Hello, friends! Yep, I’m sharing a wee bit of my geek love today! 🙂   I’ve had this fabric lingering in my stash for a few months now and the unseasonable warm temps here in CA lately have inspired me to cut into it.  That and my need to sew the ESP pattern up ASAP! […]

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The Dracula Dress [Butterick 5982]

10/6/2014

  Hello friends! Just in time for Halloween is my new Dracula dress! I am a huge classic film buff, with my favorites being from the 20’s and 30’s.  I’ve always especially loved classic horror flicks and Bela Lugosi’s Dracula is the epitome of awesome to me.  The only classic horror “villain” I love more […]

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The Doctor Who Dress

08/11/2014

Well hello there, friends! Here’s a wee bit of geekery to start off the week.   This is my Doctor Who dress!  I love the idea of everyday fangirl dresses and made my own. 🙂  This one is the Colette Hazel pattern. I am honestly not too sure what I think about this pattern…. I […]

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The Tardis Skirt

06/19/2014

  Greetings! I’m delving now into a bit of my fangirl side with my new Tardis skirt! If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that I purchased this Tardis fabric a while back. I just now got the chance to sew it up after finding a pattern that I knew would work […]

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