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About

I started sewing about 2 years ago.  The photo below is the first wearable dress I made. I am mainly self-taught except for a few really great online classes.  I am a beginning pattern maker and look forward to making my next dress pattern.

I am currently employed as a computer geek, but on my road to finding out what I wanted to be when I grew up, I have been a bartender, English teacher (to adults, but one terrifying Saturday was spent teaching children), French-English translator, dyslexic bookeeper (didn't end well), an administrative assistant in a company that sold gallium, and although an official ceremony was never held, I was quite probably the worst waitress in the world. 

Thanks for taking a look at my blog. I am ashamed to admit how much I love and am addicted to the comments I get on the posts. You'd make me join a support group if you knew the extent of it.

15 comments:

  1. Hiya. Just nominated you for the liebster blog award. Don't know if you've been given one before. :)

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    1. Wow! What a lovely surprise! Thank you! What an honor! I wasn't fully convinced that anyone but my mother read the blog.

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  2. Dear Cherie
    Greetings from Denmark and thank you for your blog and free Peggy Pattern. I am just starting out my "retrodress-sewing-carrier" and your blog is honest, fun and a big help for me :)
    If I get to making the Peggy i will for sure send you a picture.
    I do not have a blog(yet-you inspired me!)so I write as anonymous.
    Thank you again :)

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    1. I hope you do send me a photo! Glad you are excited about the pattern!

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  3. Dear Cherie,
    It has been interesting reading your blog. My name is Fay and I am 74 years of age. When I was 18,19,20 I learned dressmaking, drafting and dress design from a private teacher, a Mrs Lehman. She learned her system from a Mrs Neylon. I persuaded Mrs Lehman to write a book and she agreed if I would do the artwork and quarter-scale drafts of the patterns. I did, the book was published. I got married, had five kids and then got fat. Lost interest in design. Now at 74, I have revived my interest in drafting. I go to a cafe each day and design and do half scale drafts, of the dress I want to make. The idea is that when I have completed the draft in half-scale, I will then "reconstitute" the finished pieces into 1"/1" scale (full size), cut out and make my dress. Have only just started, but doing fine. Wish I could upload picture here to show you but can't see how to do this. Regards, Fay

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  4. Hi Cherie,
    First let me congratulate you on your very beautiful Peggy Dress. I simply love it and you have done a very good job with it. It fits you perfectly.. I love to sew but still not so confident to try out your advanced pattern. but I am sure if I give it a try I will be able to do it. Currently, I am just doing simple dresses for children and A-line dress for adults...I just sew for fun and give away the finished products as gifts to my family and friends...but I would love to try the Peggy dress if there was a tutorial. Do you have a tutorial on that pattern or is there a class on craftsy that you will be able to share it with me. I am not a blogger but want to be one. Not sure how I go about it. Must try and ask for some help on that. I would like to try this pattern and will be more confident to go ahead with it if I have a tutorial on the pattern. my email address is azarausa@gmail.com. would love to hear from you. thanks and good job on the the dress..

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  5. So happy to have found your blog, I'm a competent dressmaker although work has made me hang up my shears for a long time. I have always dreamt of moving from buying patterns to making my own. You are an inspiration.

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    1. I still dream of making all my own patterns, too. :) It's a work in progress. Thanks for the kind words.

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  6. Hello Cherie, really liked your blog, especially the wedding dress. I'm wondering what online courses you took and if you can recommend any of them to a beginner. Thanks!

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  7. Hi Cherie, really liked your blog, especially the wedding dress. I'm wondering what online courses you took, and if you can recommend any of them to a beginner. Thanks!

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  8. Hi Cherie, your work is inspiring! Could you recommend any of the online sewing classes that you took? Thanks!

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  9. Could I possibly commission you to make me a portfolio case????

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  10. Could I possibly commission you to make me a portfolio bag??

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