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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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    Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004: Cutting Out Pieces & Thoughts on Cutting Them Out of Bed Sheets

    Hi everyone! Over a year ago, I planned on publishing more posts about my sewing progress creating Vogue Patterns’ V2004. I got sidetracked while writing the posts, so I ended up leaving them as drafts. Over a year later, I…

    By essieofwho November 14, 2025
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Patterns,  Quilting,  Sewing,  Vogue Patterns V2004

    Sewing Plans for November 2024

    Hi everyone! I can’t believe it is almost November! This year has been busy for me and has included some high points and low points. October was no different. Even though I had some major high points and some very…

    By essieofwho October 29, 2024
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Sewing

    Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004: Playing With Trim Variations and My Final Decision

    Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I wrote a post about sewing my Vogue V2004 dress. Sadly, the final dress I made didn’t fit me right, so I decided to make another one. Even though I had a fitting…

    By essieofwho September 5, 2024
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Sewing,  Vogue Patterns V2004

    Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004: Other Trims and Other Essentials

    Hi everyone! In today’s Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004 post, I wanted to talk about the other trims I purchased to add to the main lace trim I wanted to sew onto the dress. I also wanted to talk about other…

    By essieofwho June 7, 2024
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Sewing,  Vogue Patterns V2004

    Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004: The Main Lace Trim

    Hi everyone! In today’s post in my sewing Vogue Pattern V2004 series, I wanted to talk about the main trim I used on the dress. Since the dress is already finished, I wanted to talk about the lace trim I…

    By essieofwho May 31, 2024
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Sewing,  Vogue Patterns V2004

    Sewing Vogue Pattern V2004: The Fashion Fabric & Lining Fabric

    Hi everyone! It’s time for a new post in my series about how I made Vogue Pattern V2004! This time, I will be talking about the fabric I choose for the outer/fashion fabric and the lining fabric. By the time…

    By essieofwho May 23, 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
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    May 2024 Sewing Project List

    Hi everyone! It’s a new month and that means it’s time for me to make a list of everything I want to get done during the month. One of those to-do lists is my sewing list for the month. This…

    By essieofwho May 2, 2024
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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
  • Clothing,  My Blog,  Patterns,  Sewing

    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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