Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » miscellaneous http://elizabethpatch.com Art & Inspiration for All Sizes! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 More to Love Sewing: Summer Top http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/05/more-to-love-sewingsummer-top.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/05/more-to-love-sewingsummer-top.html#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 19:24:04 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=4547 Cute, fast, easy! And best of all, it fits you, because it’s based on your measurements!

If you can sew a straight line with a sewing machine, then you can make this sleeveless summer top, tunic or sundress.

Wear it alone, over a tank top or a tee shirt. Sew it hip length for

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/05/more-to-love-sewingsummer-top.html/feed 1 A Mother’s Day Card for You! http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/05/a-mothers-day-card-for-you.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/05/a-mothers-day-card-for-you.html#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 12:18:59 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=4585 Happy Mother’s Day! Free to print and color for my friends, fans, and blog readers : a drawing of a mother and her young children.

This link will download the illustration as a printable PDF file. Mother’s Day by Elizabeth Patch © elizabeth patch, 2011, all rights reserved This illustration is for personal, non-commercial use

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/05/a-mothers-day-card-for-you.html/feed 2 More to Love Sewing: Altering a Shirt http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/04/more-to-love-sewing-altering-a-shirt.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/04/more-to-love-sewing-altering-a-shirt.html#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:37:17 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=4316 Apple or pear, thin or thick, old or young, short or tall we all can choose clothes that are either flattering or… not so much. I’ve lost count of the times I bought something on a whim (its on sale! its trendy and cool! I’m in a bad mood and I deserve something

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/04/more-to-love-sewing-altering-a-shirt.html/feed 5 Does Positive Body Image Even Matter? http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/03/does-positive-body-image-even-matter.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/03/does-positive-body-image-even-matter.html#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:33:11 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=4008 Sometimes it feels a bit trivial to focus on body image, self-esteem, size acceptance. After all, in a world filled with horrifying natural disasters, violent political uprisings, wars and and the resulting suffering, how important is positive body image?

In world where people are dying of hunger, lack of medicine, lack of clean water, toxins in the

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/03/does-positive-body-image-even-matter.html/feed 17 Body Image Revolution http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/07/body-image-revolution.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/07/body-image-revolution.html#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:06:08 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=2183 revolution: a dramatic and wide reaching change in the way something works or is organized, or in people’s ideas about it.

There is a groundswell of women worldwide who are fed up with the marketing that trains us, from little girls onward, to hate our bodies. We are tired of feeling like

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/07/body-image-revolution.html/feed 3 All the Pretty Ladies http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/06/all-the-pretty-ladies.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/06/all-the-pretty-ladies.html#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:11:21 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=2024 I believe that no matter what size, shape, color or age we are, each of us has an inherent beauty that is so much more than any physical trait. Redhead, middle-aged, black, white, skinny, fat, none of these words can capture who we truly are, even if they describe one aspect

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/06/all-the-pretty-ladies.html/feed 10 Hilda: Plus-Size Pin-Up http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/05/hilda2.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/05/hilda2.html#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 02:42:32 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=1930 I know that “body image”, “size acceptance” and “self-esteem for women” are not generally fun topics! So one of the things I try to do with both my art & writing is to take a light-hearted look at things that can often be emotional and serious for many, many women. My

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/05/hilda2.html/feed 10 International No Diet Day! http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/05/international-no-diet-day.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/05/international-no-diet-day.html#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 21:34:36 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=1730 International No Diet Day (INDD) is an annual celebration of body acceptance and body shape diversity. This day is also dedicated to raise awareness of the dangers in diets. This day is observed on May 6, and its symbol is a blue ribbon, similar to

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/05/international-no-diet-day.html/feed 3 *blush* http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:23 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html Three people gave me the “Beautiful Blogger” award this week!

Many thanks to Julie Parker at Beautiful You and Andrea Owen at Live Your Ideal Life and Revolution of Real Women I am so honored!

The rules of this award are to list 15 blogs that I also consider beautiful. Any and all of the

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/03/1075.html/feed 4 More to Love Valentine http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/02/more-to-love-valentine-2.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/02/more-to-love-valentine-2.html#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:10:40 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=712 More of Heart.

More of Soul.

More of Mind.

More of Me.

More to Love.

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

Heart, Soul, Mind, Me! There is so very much more to love about who you are.

Wishing you a life filled with love! (and chocolate & flowers too, of course!)

A Valentine from Elizabeth

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