The Universal Skirt – How To Use The Pleat Guides When it comes to sewing the lining for The Universal Skirt, we’ve made things a little easier with the help of our pleat guides. Pattern pieces H and I (the lining pieces) include pleats that vary slightly depending on the size being made. Because the sizes are nested together on the pattern sheet, it can [...]
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Sewing: A Seriously Fun Meditation! There’s an old Zen proverb that I love. “You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day unless you’re too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” I’m one of those people who’s spent so much of her life doing, doing, doing. My husband, who has mastered the art of sitting still after […]
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Muslins (Toiles) I Have Known and Loved! I just love making muslins. I don’t know what it is about those ugly, non-wearable garments that I love so much, but I do. Maybe it’s the freedom of knowing that accuracy is essential, but finishing is not. Perhaps it’s because it permits tweaking and fussing and getting it just right. Or maybe it’s because […]
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Life, Style, Creativity … Sewing and Writing Books I’m not sure how many people actually read the taglines on the blogs they read regularly. Anyone who has been reading mine will note that the tagline is “Life, Style, Creativity and More.” It says nothing about sewing, although you’d be justified in concluding that this blog is about sewing. Sewing is part of style, […]
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Falling in Love with Fabric (then finding the right shirt design) When you start a sewing project, which comes first: the design (the pattern) or the fabric? For most of my years since I learned to sew decades ago, I began with the design. There were so many reasons for this. First, in the early years, I sewed so that I could have a wider variety […]
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