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The Selfish Seamstress loves to design and sew garments, but only if she gets to keep them. I'm Elaine, known in the online sewing world as elainemay, and welcome to my selfish sewing blog.
Recent Posts
- Free pattern: Make your own Kate Spade-inspired faux fur pullover!
- Fur shirt? Fer sure! Kate Spade faux fur pullover knockoff
- DIY leather and knit long gloves
- Butterick 9927
- From Coffee Date to Knockoff Kate: Selfish copies the Kate Spade polka dot “Jillian” dress
- The villain at home: Helmut Lang-inspired pants
- Idiots on the Internet Part II: Seriously, Lorriange??
- Idiots on the internet
- You scratch my back, I throw you a bone
- The strangest fabric on the internet?
- Simplicity 2473 again, and a mini Roman fabric tour
- Burda 3-2012-108: Not just for tall girls anymore
- Selfish Seamstress Nemesis: Gorgeous Ann + Vogue 1236
- Burda 9-2006-115: Stretchy and giraffey
- More Milly lust and the Selfish Seamstress learns to “share”
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January 1, 2010 at 7:29 am
beangirl
best resolution I’ve seen all year. of course, I don’t like resolutions. so this is probably “the best” because it’s the shortest.
January 1, 2010 at 7:34 am
beangirl
Holy moly! Seriously I am not stalking you. I just noticed that you only JUST posted this flippin’ post. It’s a total coincidence that I also just woke up and started looking at my blog list and started working down from the top.
January 1, 2010 at 8:29 am
Elizabeth
ME ME ME ME ME too!
January 1, 2010 at 12:24 pm
sigrid
Yay!
January 1, 2010 at 12:47 pm
nalani
You are one consistent seamstress!
January 1, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Trudy Callan
What a perfect resolution.
Hope this is a great year for you.
January 1, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Sandra
HA!
January 1, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Sandra
Oh yeah, you rock!
January 1, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Beth
YOU are an inspiration to us all … :-)
January 2, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Angela Renfroe
you’re my “shero”!
January 2, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Deborah
AWE.SOME. Awesome.
January 2, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Sue
I want that resolution too!
January 3, 2010 at 9:39 am
Vibeke in oslo
Bwaa-ha-ha-ha. The. Best.
January 3, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Della
I feel your pain! But my Grandma did save most of her dresses, and gave them all to me. Wooot!
January 4, 2010 at 9:44 am
amber
Amen!
January 5, 2010 at 7:33 am
Delphine
You should definitely listen to that AMAZING song by Louis XIV, it’s called like the band Louis XIV…
“Ah, me me me me is all you say that I care about
Me me me me is all i ever want to talk about
Me me me me is what you think that i care about
Me me me me is all i really want to talk about”
January 6, 2010 at 8:42 am
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January 16, 2010 at 12:37 am
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