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Bernard
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« Reply #200 on: Jan 30, 2012, 01:47:45 PM »
If I value my labor at $0/hour, and count only the materials spent on a specific item, I am saving quite a lot. However, I am now a junkie and shop faster than I sew.

So for example:



Buttons: $4
Thread: $1
Fabric: $10
Interfacing: $1
Pattern: $4

So in one sense, this dress is $20, but in another sense, I didn't buy the exact amount of thread, fabric, etc. I needed for this. I bought this, and four other patterns, and loads of other stuff, and put in about ... 6 hours of labor? Maybe more? This particular dress had a lot of pressing and hand sewing. I guess it all depends on how you want to figure it.



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Bernard
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« Reply #201 on: Jan 30, 2012, 01:48:24 PM »
ps Thank you.
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jm
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« Reply #202 on: Jan 30, 2012, 02:57:41 PM »
What an adorable child.  That umbrella picture!

And I don't mean to blow up her spot or nothin, but I hear she can bust out a mean Wheels on the Bus.
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Bernard
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« Reply #203 on: Jan 30, 2012, 07:34:53 PM »
haha  Heart her booking agent can reached at weewsondabus@gmail.com
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fishjim
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« Reply #204 on: Jan 30, 2012, 07:54:25 PM »
Aww, Bernard. Those last two are precious. If I were to write an Allegory, she would play Adorable.
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mixed cats
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« Reply #205 on: Jan 30, 2012, 10:42:19 PM »
I think part of the greatness of making clothes for your kids is that even if it's not entirely cost-effective (given time investments), you will end up with a very unique wardrobe that is THE CUTEST IN THE WORLD and is the envy of all other parents.
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nonotyet
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« Reply #206 on: Jan 31, 2012, 08:50:25 AM »
Also adults without children.
I mean, I been making progress, but your daughter is still dressed much better than I am.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #207 on: Jan 31, 2012, 08:56:02 AM »
That baby dresses better than most of the women I know.
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Bernard
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« Reply #208 on: Jan 31, 2012, 11:46:00 AM »
 Heart You guys are so nice, thank you.
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« Reply #209 on: Feb 01, 2012, 02:24:37 AM »
she's not a baby anymore! wow... that was fast.
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« Reply #210 on: Feb 19, 2012, 11:09:38 PM »
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« Reply #211 on: Mar 09, 2012, 10:50:01 AM »
Bill's mom is doing a craft show next week and didn't think she had enough stuff to fill her table and asked me if I could do 30 scarves for her. Doo dee doo, managed to dye 38 in the two weeks since, and I'm only going to pull a couple of them to overdye because I didn't like how they turned out.

Also I think I posted elsewhere but I talked to someone about selling them in a little shop/gallery in New Hope, but then I was unable to bring them to her the next couple of weekends. Thinking of stopping in tomorrow, since I have some set aside for her, too. I hope she remembers.

I need to get some business cards made. And to stop letting Future Anxiety build up.
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mixed cats
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« Reply #212 on: Mar 11, 2012, 07:36:05 PM »


I ended up finishing 36, so I gave 35 to Bill's mom and kept this one because I looooove it. There's a possibility the show won't happen? I don't know. Whatever.

also, from today:
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Bernard
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« Reply #213 on: Mar 11, 2012, 10:07:45 PM »
a) awesome scarf, and
b) HA! yes, I know the feeling
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mixed cats
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« Reply #214 on: Mar 31, 2012, 08:37:23 PM »

manatee by squishythings, on Flickr


volcano by squishythings, on Flickr

tiny tiny things
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #215 on: Mar 31, 2012, 08:38:55 PM »
Much Love
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« Reply #216 on: Mar 31, 2012, 09:22:16 PM »
i love the internet is down one!

is the volcano supposed to make me think of menstruation?
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mixed cats
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« Reply #217 on: Mar 31, 2012, 09:28:54 PM »
No, but I don't mind if it does.. I took pictures under non-daylight lamps (the things aren't all the way finished), and the stuff on the volcano is orangier IRL.
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« Reply #218 on: Apr 03, 2012, 05:21:32 AM »
thanks to jeb, all i see is thighs, blood, and pube stubble.
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Ashley
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« Reply #219 on: Apr 03, 2012, 02:17:01 PM »
you guys are making me really want that volvanoe
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fishjim
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« Reply #220 on: Apr 03, 2012, 02:42:36 PM »
volvanoe!!
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« Reply #221 on: Apr 03, 2012, 02:44:39 PM »
It's a Swedish car with lava shooting out
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« Reply #222 on: Apr 03, 2012, 02:44:57 PM »
Feel free to come up with dirtier interpretation
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Little Sixes Little Nines
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« Reply #223 on: Apr 04, 2012, 06:48:18 AM »
my new duvet arrived! i didn't make it, but my ladyfriend did photoshop the original image to be night time!
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mixed cats
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« Reply #224 on: Apr 04, 2012, 08:05:26 AM »
That is awesome.
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