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Explore 600+ sewing articles from over 20 years of teaching and creating. For my newest tutorials and ideas, visit me on Substack!
Y’all, I’m Moving the Sewing Party to Substack – Come On Over!
Y’all, I’m Moving the Sewing Party to Substack – Come On Over! Hey there, Sewing Friends! 🧵✂️ After a lot of thinking (and maybe one too many cups of coffee), I’ve decided it’s time to pack up my virtual sewing basket. I’m moving our little corner of the internet over to Substack. It’s where more folks are gathering these days, and I want to stitch and chat with every single one of you! Click right on this post preview to read the rest of it! The New Plan So here’s the plan:
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Interfacing De-Mystified
Interfacing in a garment is like the bones of a garment. Including stabilizing seams as a type of ‘Interfacing’, I will go out on a limb...
Making Jeans Waistlines FIT & How To Shop for Jeans
OK – so I’m ‘frugal’. I refuse to pay the big prices for new jeans in the stores. I had about worn out the only ‘comfy’ pair I had....
Fashion Style Terminology
Us ‘Fashionistas’ and ‘Sewists’ take a lot of our fashion terminology for granted. I remember when I taught high school Home Economics...
Shoulder & Neckline Pattern Fitting Tips from Emma
Emma Seabrooke is a sewing friend who I respect. I’ve subscribed to her newsletter, and I recommend you do as well. I miss seeing her...
Follow Creative Sewist: Gale Ortiz
Sometimes you happen upon other Creative Sewists who just create in very inspiring ways. Though I’ve never met her personally, when I...
How to Tie a Knot and Sew on a Button
Life skills: Tie a knot. Sew on a Button There are many ways of doing things. Not right not wrong, but many ways. I’ve always told my...
Wrapping My Heart … Claiming My Time
My record for blogging each day has been overtaken by a more important cause lately…and I want to share. During the last big sewing expo...
Top Edge Wrapped Elastic Application
Top Edge Wrapped Elastic Application Below, you can see the technique I love for applying elastic. I like to use a firm elastic 1 1/4″...
Wardrobe Organization Ideas
Exhausted from a traveling weekend (though a wonderful one with family), I’m sharing some very valuable information again from my...
Saturday Simple Sewing Hint: Key+String Crotch Measuring Tool
The ‘Key’ (no pun intended) to a great pant fit is a thorough understanding of the Crotch Depth and the Crotch Length AND how to measure...
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