Sewing & Design

My Coat is Finished (or Rethinking the Social Network)

March 8, 2011

in Sewing & Design,Thisnthat

Remember the Lady Grey coat? Ah yes, I finally got around to getting some photos.

I’d love to be able to document some of my sewing projects but it’s a huge amount of work to get them photographed properly. I admire bloggers who seem to have personal paparazzi following them around. Ha.

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