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Oh and my bitching of yesterday? Turns out that I had cut the whole<\/b> skirt out upside-down pattern-wise, but I had sewn the front panels in upside-down. This was what got me v. confused earlier and for some time today while I decided what to do. Solution was easy though — rip out the seams and sew it right. The print of the fabric is still upside-down, but you really can’t tell unless you’re super-close or I point it out. So I won’t let either happen \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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