tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post2041487381945036837..comments2024-03-29T03:29:27.848-07:00Comments on Cation Designs: Mathom, Anyone?Cation Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-62282116216430250012012-06-09T02:59:26.026-07:002012-06-09T02:59:26.026-07:00Am I too late? I hope not! I can never figure out ...Am I too late? I hope not! I can never figure out the time difference (I'm in the UK). I'd love to win either set 2 or set 3 to make myself more vintage-but-work-appropriate attire!<br /><br />I really enjoy reading your blog - I don't read very many sewing blogs but I feel you engage critically with what you're doing and aren't just making things for the sake of making things - does that make sense? I'm in the depth of dissertation writing & feel like my brain has gone off in all sorts of directions!<br /><br />Also, I love the steampunk skirt and Walnut :)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280281900547680019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-60079081948819052292012-06-08T10:58:59.741-07:002012-06-08T10:58:59.741-07:00I just love your sewing, but fell in love with Wal...I just love your sewing, but fell in love with Walnut after seeing him flying through the air in the pajama post. I am not sure my cat, Harry, would put up with that, but we'd try it if my husband wasn't afraid I'd break the bed jumping on it.<br /><br />At any rate, I must have the hippos. I'd make them. I've already sewn a manatee, penguin and tree, and knitted an octopus, carrot and, yes, a wombat. A hippo would feel right at home.carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363187165694599226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-42527318226759228962012-06-08T09:22:08.459-07:002012-06-08T09:22:08.459-07:00I started reading your blog because I'm in the...I started reading your blog because I'm in the 1912 sewing group too. But I've kept reading non-1912 things because I love seeing all the pretty things you make, especially when geekery is involved. Plus, Walnut is really cute. <br /><br />Thanks for hosting this giveaway! I'd be interested in set 2 or 3. Congrats on your blogiversary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-72604081137597360032012-06-08T00:52:46.609-07:002012-06-08T00:52:46.609-07:00I found out about your blog by a link to sewing wi...I found out about your blog by a link to sewing with cats award and hung up ever since. I was just starting to sew -also with a cat- and trying to learn through blogs. Learned mostly from you. I just love your writings. You have your style on explaining stuff which is very clear even with sewing is very much practical. You keep me coming back to check whats new everyday.<br /><br />(I would like to have set 3)Zeynepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-18809065490786893572012-06-07T16:52:57.426-07:002012-06-07T16:52:57.426-07:00I'm head over heels for Set 3, but Set 2 is a ...I'm head over heels for Set 3, but Set 2 is a very close second! I found your blog post on your Horrockses-esque Vintage Vogue 8789 dress through craftgawker, and I've been quietly stalking your blog since! I love that dress, and it has since inspired me to make a dress of my own (maybe even multiple dresses!). I also loved your post "Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Sewing," it helped me perfect the crochet hook clutch I just recently finished. I hate ironing, but you're right, it adds so much.<br /><br />Also, Walnut is quite possibly the most dashing feline I've ever laid eyes on.Jasminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04814432774963581995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-51648301518186331102012-06-07T11:28:53.914-07:002012-06-07T11:28:53.914-07:00I just found your blog through pinterest, the piec...I just found your blog through pinterest, the piece on "Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Sewing." I've been working on garments for about 3 years now, and you got it spot on. So spot on, that I just had to email my mother to update my birthday list to include an iron, because mine sucks and I know it's been hurting my sewing. So yes, I like your blog because you actually seem to understand garment sewing and don't make it out to be some magically easy process. That, and you have a cat. And you also use your rotary mat for a D&D board. This world needs more confident, geeky women like you!<br /><br />Set #3 is fab. And set #4, because who doesn't love hippos? As an aside, the internet tells me hippos kill almost 200 people a year. So maybe, some people don't love hippos.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030962733467272526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-48138878481035165652012-06-07T01:16:17.985-07:002012-06-07T01:16:17.985-07:00Okay, well, what DON'T I love about your blog?...Okay, well, what DON'T I love about your blog? I must confess I'm kind of a creepy groupie. Let's see, you're a fearless sewist with brilliant ideas and you always "make it work", you are a stylish geek goddess with a fabulous set of wide-ranging talents, you have a most adorable furry helper and you created the best. blog award. ever. That enough ego petting or shall I go on? :)<br />I'm coveting set #3, that dress with the contrast bodice and wrap-aroundy midriff is way before its time! And knit sportswear? Yes please! The hippo gym did make me laugh, though I would be terrified to have that in my house. I can feel them watching me as I sleep...aleahhttp://notimetosew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-56240726726221297012012-06-06T20:15:34.630-07:002012-06-06T20:15:34.630-07:00I would like set number two or set number three.
...I would like set number two or set number three.<br /><br /> I like reading your blog for your stories about Walnut, but also because I enjoy hearing about what you are learning in sewing. A lot of people just post what they made, and not as much about the process of making it and the skills they learned. I also like that you sew bedsheets into clothes, like me :)Photosarah Craftshttp://sarahdudik.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-91396162357114532552012-06-06T12:04:01.849-07:002012-06-06T12:04:01.849-07:00^Agree with the statement about Walnut. ;P^Agree with the statement about Walnut. ;PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-76107715452603959622012-06-06T09:40:12.435-07:002012-06-06T09:40:12.435-07:00Hello,
I enjoy your creations, they are each so u...Hello, <br />I enjoy your creations, they are each so unique! Walnut is too cute also. I am so happy when your posts pop up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351109731474410749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-57259285824071823332012-06-06T05:26:00.367-07:002012-06-06T05:26:00.367-07:00Hey Lady,
I think set 3 is the best, although tho...Hey Lady, <br />I think set 3 is the best, although those hippos in a gym are also incredible. I love your blog because you use inexpensive fabrics to make amazing clothes! Since I am in grad school, It inspires me to spend less and expect more from my wardrobe. Also, you have the coolest sense of style.Brittanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-63840523606045836472012-06-05T21:54:32.667-07:002012-06-05T21:54:32.667-07:00Seeing the Simplicity skirt pattern brought back m...Seeing the Simplicity skirt pattern brought back memories. My mother had that pattern and I can remember it quite well.superstitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585080942487966750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-17381440541196051272012-06-05T16:09:57.378-07:002012-06-05T16:09:57.378-07:00Ooh I like set 3! And I lurk around your blog lik...Ooh I like set 3! And I lurk around your blog like a creeper because I am also a nerdy Angelino chick. I found you on patternreview and I plan to make your DIY maxi dress as soon as I finish another project I have going.Jennyhttp://abrightcontainer.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-56679123693812200142012-06-05T11:09:17.006-07:002012-06-05T11:09:17.006-07:00Set 4 is amazing! Who wouldn't want to make a ...Set 4 is amazing! Who wouldn't want to make a series of hippos?! I personally would make them in all different colours and have (at least) one for each room in the house. Obviously I'd need to make a waterproof one for the bathroom. Also, the 1970s shirt pattern looks cool and I did promise my boyfriend that I'd start making him some things as well as stuff for myself.<br /><br />Now not that I want to disappoint anyone else but I do have to say (now that you've is kindly given us this opportunity to suck up) your blog is my favourite and though I don't follow it on blogger (as I only sign in when I post on my blog) I do have a habit of checking it as routinely as I do my facebook (I know, right?)... That probably makes me sound like such a suck up now but oh well. Incidentally this means that you're now not allowed to stop blogging as it would ruin my daily internet routine :p<br /><br />Happy Blogiversary!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355301196679592992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-15666799210300438812012-06-05T08:26:29.730-07:002012-06-05T08:26:29.730-07:00I love Set 3 but I have a confession to make: some...I love Set 3 but I have a confession to make: sometimes I just come over to look at Walnut, he's just so beautiful. Sure, I love your dresses and the fabric choices, especially but that Walnut...le sigh, what a cat! (I'm also completely amused by the Hippo gym pattern. Are their mouthes open out of joy...or exhaustion?)lakaribanehttp://fashionmate.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-89222721314433588282012-06-05T07:45:23.971-07:002012-06-05T07:45:23.971-07:00Hi from a new reader! I'm completely obsessing...Hi from a new reader! I'm completely obsessing over the Vogue 7599 jumper from set 2. It's adorable -- I would so totally make it for work, in the best Brady Bunch fabric I can find. Maybe do the pockets in a contrasting pattern...or plaid on plaid...oh, the possibilities.<br /><br />As I said, I'm a new reader...I think I found your blog through PatternReview, maybe? I'm just starting to explore the sewing blogosphere now. I love, LOVE your Star Wars dress (and kitty pictures! You can never go wrong with kitty sewing assistants, I always say. I have one too -- his name is Harley, and he likes to sleep on my cotton batting while I sew. Helping!)<br /><br />Also, I really like your 1930s blouse. It's really cute.duckbucketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-89106792957179973002012-06-05T06:37:22.114-07:002012-06-05T06:37:22.114-07:00I LOVE set #1!!!! It is so cute, those skirts woul...I LOVE set #1!!!! It is so cute, those skirts would definitely be something all of my friends would be jealous of :)<br />Your blog is absolutely hilarious. I follow you on Bloglovin' and on your site. Here at my high school, we have laptops to use for all of our high school years. When I'm finished with schoolwork, I'm reading your blog. You inspired me to (attempt to) make my own lace skirt out of a dress I had when I was little. You keep me laughing all the time, and your pictures of Walnut are so funny! You're so interesting to read, and you are absolutely gorgeous, girl. I wish I had you as my high school chemistry teacher. :) Thanks for blogging, we all love you!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00507764075239906909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-2607765741505516262012-06-05T06:12:57.676-07:002012-06-05T06:12:57.676-07:00I like set 3. I found your blog through Oona's...I like set 3. I found your blog through Oona's blog, and I read your blog all the way to the beginning. I like that you are cheap, sorry, thrifty, I also hate spending money so anybody who loves to improvise inspires me. I follow you through email.<br /><br />Njeri<br />cutekipepeo@gmail.comnjerinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-23087124869332656692012-06-05T06:08:26.534-07:002012-06-05T06:08:26.534-07:00I started following your blog a few months ago. It...I started following your blog a few months ago. It was great to find a blog that has every day or almost every day a post about sewing and all the author´s adventures! My sewing skills are still low and with your projects I can learn more and having a funny time. Also, I think that your fabric choices are the most amazing in the blogosphere! Thank you!<br />Size 14 is too large for me, maybe 12 is better. But I love the McCalls 9672!!!! So I want to participate in the set#3.Masustak eguzkitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686522997995601964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-77928545596285355552012-06-05T04:02:35.631-07:002012-06-05T04:02:35.631-07:00I'd like set #1 though those hippos are out-of...I'd like set #1 though those hippos are out-of-control!<br />I follow you because I find you funny, witty and honest so it's great to read your blog. The fact that the things you make are either things I'd want to make and things I find awesome in some way helps!Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14807813655848121541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-36248538893278735412012-06-05T01:02:43.556-07:002012-06-05T01:02:43.556-07:00I'd love to get my hands on set 3! I look forw...I'd love to get my hands on set 3! I look forward to sitting down with a cup of tea and some choccy biscuits, to read your blog. I love the range of patterns and styles you choose from, there is a different one every week and it's great to see that you're not afraid to try anything. It's also great that you show us when things do go wrong or when you're not happy with something, it makes us amateurs feel better! I love that you tell us all the details when you make the garment, including material, how long it took you and would you do it again etc, it's a great guideline for us if we want to do the pattern. I also love how you improvise with materials, like using bed sheets. It's such a good idea that I'm sure a lot of us wouldn't have even thought of! I could go on and on about your blog and it's fabulousity! Happy birthday again to you, I can't believe you've only been doing this for a year, I'm sure all of us would love a blog this good after only a year, good luck for the next and I look forward to seeing some more of your amazing designs! XxxX http://thesecondhandrose.blogspot.co.ukSecond Hand Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937657828552984478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-13321395428466424142012-06-04T23:06:33.976-07:002012-06-04T23:06:33.976-07:00I love Set #3 but like set 2 also! I like your blo...I love Set #3 but like set 2 also! I like your blog because you jump into projects with fun and flair. I have entirely too much angst and your blog reminds me why I want to learn how to sew in the first place. Also, you love sci fi, have a fluffy cat and are a teacher! All cool things!<br /><br />Asiyah (aka Saro)Asiyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245387681326015704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-92020495976227139832012-06-04T16:46:59.208-07:002012-06-04T16:46:59.208-07:00I love set #3, and I like set #2. I read your blo...I love set #3, and I like set #2. I read your blog because it makes me smile :) and you stir up my creative juices.Carrie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780090622176236345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-30149372285190630512012-06-04T15:49:41.443-07:002012-06-04T15:49:41.443-07:00I don't need any patterns and my son is allerg...I don't need any patterns and my son is allergic to cats anyway, but I thought I let you know that I adore your blog. I fell in love with the Superman dress and I found that I really liked the way you write. You explain your sewing in detail so that even a novice like me can follow along and lastly I really like walnut :-)Giggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687447086361922862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-39154374509520522432012-06-04T14:23:40.733-07:002012-06-04T14:23:40.733-07:00I don't need any patterns (I have WAY too many...I don't need any patterns (I have WAY too many of my own!) but I will leave you a comment about why I like your blog. =)<br /><br />I like your blog because you are a great writer and your posts make me either smile, laugh, ponder, or all of these together. You like a lot of the same geeky and retro things I do. And I love your photos! I'm more of a dog person, but I think I'd like Walnut - you get the most hilarious pictures of him with funny props! I wish you lived closer because could do projects together or just go hang out at IKEA in cute dresses made from their fabric (and see if anyone notices, hehe).Brookehttp://customstyle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com