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Comfy Yet Attractive Elastic Waistline Finishes
For comfy yet a ready-to-wear look on elastic waistlines, follow these directions from Londa.
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My Blog here is a work in progress...having just brought over all 618 of my posts from my 'Old Blog' which I began in 2005! Please excuse the duplications for a spell while I go through them all.
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Wrapped Edge How-To’s for Wearable Art
I developed these How-To’s for the edges of my creative sweatshirt jackets. I share everything about my techniques in this new video on...
Design/Sewing Plans for Favorite New Fabric
The Mission With these challenging days we are ALL in, this seems ever so trite, but I’m posting it anyway – to try to take our minds to...
Londa’s Favorite Pattern-Making Tools
In this video, I share my favorite pattern-making papers, rulers and other goodies. I hope this will help you out as you master patterns...
T-Shirt + Tailored Shirt = Stylish Up-Cycle Top
It’s ‘SEW MUCH FUN’ when fabrics just fall together both in selecting and stitching…and that is exactly the story of this new top. Once I...
Creative Draping = Unique Tunic
One of the fabrics I purchased from www.marcytilton.com finally has seen 'life' when I took a weekend recently to design and drape using...
Kiss Puckered Seams Good-Bye
Understanding fabric grain and exact hand placement as you feed fabric (woven) into the sewing machine will forever help you eliminate...
Interfacing De-Mystified with Londa
New sewing students here at my Sunroom Sewing Studio in Jackson, TN are mystified by INTERFACING: what it is – why use it – what type to...
Magic Waistbands with Ban-Rol Monofilament Stabilizer
Waists are rising, and need stabilization so they don’t crush to nothing-ness. Ban-Rol monofilament stabilizer is the secret to a crisp...
Toddler Poncho: Design & Sewing How-To's
My daughter requested new ponchos for my granddaughters (3 and 18 months) for Christmas - so of course, I complied. With some experience...
How to Sew a Skinny Turned Tube
Follow along with the pattern draft and construction of these adorable hooded ponchos that Londa made for your granddaughters.
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