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I know this thread is old but I just ordered magnetic snaps from etsy to make my second School Days raincoat. I just have to share that my daughter’s coat is still going strong 2 years later and she absolutely LOVES the magnetic snaps. Our back door is metal and she thinks it’s hilarious that she can stick her coat to the door 🙂

Thank you!
It is a surprise, she chose it from her Pinterest board with some help from liddy

Thank you!
It is a surprise, she chose it from her Pinterest board with some help from liddy

No way @motherof5! 6th birthday?! Who approved that? 😉

Happy Birthday sweet Tilly!!

No way @motherof5! 6th birthday?! Who approved that? 😉

Happy Birthday sweet Tilly!!

Just finished a play date dress for Tilly for her sixth birthday tomorrow

Just finished a play date dress for Tilly for her sixth birthday tomorrow

I might have some stretch corduroy…

The phone is great for reading/checking for spam but not so nice for posting.

The phone is great for reading/checking for spam but not so nice for posting.

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I think a stable knit would be lovely. I would use the fabric for facings but interface with a soft product like sheerweft.

There is a Lisette forum where you may get more traffic, MC.
http://www.sewlisette.com/forums/

I’m thinking of trying this http://www.sewlisette.com/patterns/B6183 lisette top in a Ponte de Roma double knit. Question 1: good or bad idea? Do I need a woven? Question 2: If I use knit do I also use knit for the neck facing?

I’m thinking of trying this lisette top in a Ponte de Roma double knit. Question 1: good or bad idea? Do I need a woven? Question 2: If I use knit do I also use knit for the neck facing?

Perhaps you need an awesome trench coat in a fresh spring-like colour and put any old thing underneath cause you won’t be taking it off. With a fullish skirt (like the Secret Agent view B) a trench is sort of a dress anyway.

Aww, washyvision is so adorable!

I would say that laptops and wine don’t mix but I’d be pointing back at myself, as they say. Fingers crossed for the tech guru!

It’s been a madhouse around here. Computer stuff here too, plus relatives traveling, birthdays coming up, kids with their social schedules. I liked having a dumbphone for a long time but now I’m really glad for having a…[Read more]

I would say that laptops and wine don’t mix but I’d be pointing back at myself, as they say. Fingers crossed for the tech guru!

It’s been a madhouse around here. Computer stuff here too, plus relatives traveling, birthdays coming up, kids with their social schedules. I liked having a dumbphone for a long time but now I’m really glad for having a…[Read more]

Aww, that would be cute?