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Archive for the 'Level IV' Category

How jeans are made

by spinsta @ Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007. Filed under Level IV, Talk about the fashion

Check out the video. It’s pretty impressive. One of these days I will video myself doing this with my home sewing machine.

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Flat-felled Seams

by spinsta @ Sunday, April 8th, 2007. Filed under Classes, Level IV, Resources, Sewing

I still haven’t found a good set of instructions on how to use a felling foot. I did find some good instructions on how to make flat-felled seams.

Click here for the instructions

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Fashionably late?

by spinsta @ Monday, March 19th, 2007. Filed under Classes, From the desk of Spinsta, Level IV, Pants, Talk about the fashion

It’s been a while since I checked in. What exactly have I been doing?

I have been working on changing my Level IV class syllabus up. The next session will be a 2 Saturday class rather than 4 3-hour classes. It’s a little rough but I think that it can be done. It will require a lot of focus but I have faith.
I was also busy with SXSW. I found a little bit of time to sew but not much. My skinny jeans are done (I will put up some photos later in the week). I have 2 pairs of pants to finish.
I did some sketching. Something very rare. I figured that I should practice in case I do end up auditioning for Project Runway.
I did a lot of research this week while I was people watching at SXSW. So many ill-fitting pants (muffin top strikes again). I am getting tired of the shrug-ish longsleeve jackets over the long shirts. They do nothing for me. There were many more fashion faux pas but I chose not to photograph them. I am trying to purge them from my memory.
I did some networking. I may have a few more people to sew for. Hopefully they are as low maintenance as my existing clients.

I promise to upload some more pictures soon.

-j

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spinster n.

a woman whose occupation is to spin
an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying
a woman who seems unlikely to marry

The word spinster came into common use during the early 19th century when the task of spinning cloth had been pushed onto unmarried women as a way to earn their keep in the home.