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My name is Mary Ruth Anderson (My nickname is Essie) and I’m a blogger that focuses on illustration, sewing, and nature photography. I currently live in Arizona.

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  • My Blog,  Patterns,  Sewing,  Videos

    An Update on the McCall’s M8029 Sew With Me Video- Current Plans and Where the New Video Is

    Last year, I published a post about a video I posted on YouTube. The video was about how I made McCall’s pattern M8029. It wasn’t well received because it didn’t have a lot of details on how to sew the…

    By essieofwho April 21, 2026
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Patterns,  Sewing

    A Post About Indi Sewing Patterns and Why I Like Them So Much

    Hi everyone! I am the proud owner of many (Probably too many) sewing patterns. I amassed my collection over the years and am very happy with my collection. Since 2020, I began to shift my attention away from commercial patterns…

    By essieofwho July 17, 2024
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Sewing,  Vogue Patterns V2004

    New Sewing Project! Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004

    Hi everyone! It’s been a few years since I wrote a series of posts about sewing clothing. I used to do this a lot for the costumes I made. Today, I prefer to make my own clothes instead of costumes!…

    By essieofwho May 16, 2024
  • Clothing,  Fashion,  My Blog,  Sewing

    My Sewing Project List for Spring 2024

    Hi everyone! It’s spring time and I really enjoy this time of the year. One of the things I look forward to every spring is creating a new list for sewing projects. This year, I have many clothes I want…

    By essieofwho March 21, 2024
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    Simplicity S8926 Sewing Pattern: Plans and Ideas

    Hi everyone! Last year, I purchased a copy of Simplicity pattern S8926. At that time, I wanted to buy a pattern to make a sort-of almost look a like pajama set I saw on YouTube. The person I saw wearing…

    By essieofwho March 2, 2023
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    New Spring 2022 Sewing Patterns for Prom Dresses- Vogue Patterns

    A few days ago, I talked about Simplicity and New Look Spring 2022 sewing patterns that could be used to make prom dresses. At the time I wrote the post, there was only one other pattern company with a Spring…

    By essieofwho February 24, 2022
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    New Spring 2022 Sewing Patterns for Prom Dresses- Simplicity and New Look

    A few weeks ago, I wrote four posts about sewing patterns I think could make prom dresses. Since then, two of the big four sewing pattern companies released their Spring 2022 pattern collections. In these releases, there are new formal…

    By essieofwho February 22, 2022
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    Favorite Prom Dress Sewing Patterns for 2022- McCall’s Part 2

    Well, today is the final post about my favorite prom dress sewing patterns for 2022! I found so many McCall’s patterns I think could work as sewing patterns for prom dresses I decided to slip the patterns into two posts.…

    By essieofwho February 3, 2022
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    Favorite Prom Dress Sewing Patterns for 2022- McCall’s Part 1

    For the past few posts, I talked about the sewing patterns I think will make great prom dresses. There is one pattern company I have yet to talk about: McCall’s. When I searched McCall’s website for sewing patterns, I found…

    By essieofwho February 1, 2022
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    Favorite Prom Dress Sewing Patterns for 2022- Vogue

    Continuing with my series of posts about my favorite prom dress patterns, I wanted to include dresses from Vogue Patterns. Vogue Patterns is one of the most fashion forward pattern companies that I looked at for prom dress patterns. When…

    By essieofwho January 27, 2022
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