Yep, that’s what my mom calls it. In an effort to remove waste and chemicals from my life, I try to buy local, with less packaging, buy in bulk, and make most of my own stuff. People have asked how to get started on this. Well, the first step is to make better choices. For…
My favorite go-to reference guide for sewing stuff is the 1976 version of the Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing. I first spotted the book when I was working at FirstSamples. I taught myself how to sew with it. I’ve lectured from it. I’ve told all my students that if they have to buy one…
I must admit that I am not a fashion magazine subscriber right now. I used to get W but I gave up because it was too hard to keep track of things I liked. Google images is a much faster reference for me. I can download the images to a folder on my computer for…
So Tina sent me an email alerting me to FREE patterns online. Granted you will have to dig around for them, but I promise that they are there. My fall project (after I get the stuff for the show done) will be this Alexander McQueen Jacket. It’s a mini kimono with vest-like attributes.
What have I been up to since I last checked in?… alterations, restorations, refashions, reproductions, oh my… I’ve been doing a ton of work for a massage therapist. She asked me to copy a pair of pants and make a pattern. Since then she has had me make 8 pairs of pants. We are working…
I make a lot of bias tape. Here are a few helpful tools if you are interested in making a whole lot of bias tape yourself. Bias Tape Maker Rotery cutter and ruler These awesome instructions on how to make one really long strip of bias tape.
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
I used to laugh at my mom when she talked about reading the “foot book”. Why? Because it was not the “Foot Book” by Dr. Suess. It was the “foot book” for her Pfaff sewing machine. Now look at me. I am now obsessed with having all the sewing machine feet I can possibly get….
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I am in the process of coming up with a curriculum for making jeans. I’ve been trying to fit it in between the many projects I’ve been working on. Here are some resources that have come in handy. Next month I should have reviews of the three patterns that I plan on working with. Articles…