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2024 Sewing Project Round-up

Obligatory “I can’t believe it’s already MARCH of 2024”. Truly, though, I can’t. It doesn’t help that our winter has been lame (but global warming isn’t real. Nope. No way), I feel like it hasn’t even started and yet the stupid trees have stupid buds. I absolutely loved every minute I spent snowboarding so far, I always do (even when conditions stink), but I want more. Also, I only managed one campout in the cold weather (on the coldest night of the year), and it didn’t even dip below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, which is a bummer. I was looking forward

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The Gi Coat 2.0: The Beast Coat

I. Am. Tired. BUT, at long last, my latest wool coat creation is complete (except for maybe some random adjustments that come up after wearing it around a while)!

It’s built off of one of the first sewing projects I did several years ago: my “Gi Coat”. I’ve been a martial artist since 1995, and I have a great appreciation for martial arts related fashion (and Asian fashion in general). I’ve always liked the simplicity of my karate gi, overlap one side on the other and fasten with a couple of ties. That

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