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18 April 2008, 12:12

No, we’re not back on the school playground, but you’ll now see tags all over FehrTrade. I’ve been wanting to add more flexible linking for a while now, so I installed this plugin for Textpattern so I can now add any number of tags to the end of each post, and you can see a cloud of all the tags on the left, under the Google Ads. And another new addition over there is the search box, which should be working now across all pages (but if you find a circumstance where if looks weird, please send me the URL as I probably just missed a template!). I spent quite a while going through all my old posts and tagging them appropriately, so I apologise if you suddenly get a bunch of old posts in your RSS feed reader (mine still seems to be fine though, so fingers crossed!).

Anyway, enough of this housekeeping nonsense, what of the sewing, eh? Well, I’m going full steam ahead on my Porsche dress, and I carefully cut our the pattern pieces last night, taking note of the best possible placement for all the pieces. It turns out that I’ve got lots of the duvet cover (and all of the pillowcase) leftover so James might get a shirt out of it yet, too. I wasn’t sure when I bought it whether the print was only on one side, but luckily both the cover and the pillowcase are double-sided prints, and the cover is folded at one side so I’ve got a pretty huge piece of fabric to work with! The pattern calls for some boning in the bodice seams, and since I ran out making my high waisted tuxedo trousers, I picked up a 5m roll of flexible coated boning while I was on eBay. The next step is to cut the lining out of one of Hendrik’s old hotel sheets, and then the fun can begin! I’m so excited about this dress, I have a feeling I might try and sew it up in one sitting if my schedule allows…

Tags: recycled, shopping

Comments:

  1. Let us know if you see more site traffic from adding your tag cloud. Looks interesting.

    Is it any warmer in London now?


    — Lindsay T    Apr 18, 02:28 PM    #

  2. testing the new reCaptcha system. Hopefully it’ll be a bit easier for humans to read, and we help a good cause by helping to digitise books at the same time!


    — melissa    Apr 18, 04:57 PM    #

  3. Just a visually challenged test. New system is more helpful. Thanks.


    — Stephen S. Fehr    Apr 18, 05:33 PM    #

  4. Hi Melissa, great those new tags and search option.


    — Sigrid    Apr 18, 08:19 PM    #

  5. And the verification is really much easier to read too. You were quick.


    — Sigrid    Apr 18, 08:24 PM    #

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