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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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Londas EZ Narrow Hem Technique
Years ago, during my custom dress-making years, I developed this quick & EZ yet very professional machine hemming technique for all the...
Great catalog for snoop shopping online
Go check out: www.softsurroundings.com for some great different, top quality fabric in clothing and design. A bit different from the norm...
Scavenger Hunt Blog Fun – Be 1st to Win a $50 Gift Certificate!
I’ve just spent HOURS re-working my Sewing/Creative Living Blog, re-categorizing (to fewer) categories, and continually am adding new...
Wardrobe ‘Switcheroo’ Feeds Creative Re-Cycle Sewing Stash
Next on my ‘To Do’ List is to change the clothes from Fall/Winter to Spring/Summer. Moving south, I’m sure I’ll be thinning out some of...
Moving/Packing Tips
OK – so I’m working diligently on being organized to sort through and move our ‘stuff’ (PLUS my business stock) from a home we built and...
Help Name Londa’s New Sewing School
Help name my new Sewing School. The 20′ x 30′ all season ‘porch’ at our new home in Jackson, TN will be a sewing shangrila…teaching...
Flounced Long Dress I Wanna Make!
Found tacked to my Bulletin Board as I was packing my sewing area to move: this Calvin Klein flounced knit dress is now ON MY LIST TO...
Transform Jeans into Maternity Jeans
UPDATE on MATERNITY JEAN Design…. OK – so after the ‘jury’ is in when I presented DD with her favorite jeans back to her (those on the...
Single Needle Tailoring vs Double Needle Tailoring
From Styleforum.net.. “Twin needle employs a chain stitch, single needle a lock stitch (conventional top and bobbin thread). Look at the...
Harmony & Shape in Dress: Dress Doctors ‘Lost Art of Dress’
If how we ‘dress’ these days makes you cringe as it does me, I’m confident you’ll enjoy this very intriguing book of history and common...
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