I just wrapped up my first round of Garments for Quilters: Wearable Muslin at A Quilter’s Folly this week. I had a total of five students split between the two sessions. Did all five students walk out with a finished garment? Nope, but all of them walked out with a better understanding on fit and a…
This week I am helping out at Savannahred‘s Studio. It has been a blast. As an untrained seamstress, I took on the extra work to work with fabrics I don’t normally use and to brush up on technique. I also got to work on plus sized clothing and work with awesome designers, For those of…
So I went into Octane with Em the other day. My jeans look just as good as their jeans do. Em suggested that I skinny the jeans up a bit and leave them long. I have also been experimenting with chunky topstitching. Making skinny jeans was easier than I thought. I did all of the…
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You know that curriculum for jeans that I was working on? Well it turns out that the class starts in 3 weeks. I am currently trying to stop freaking out and start focusing. I will be teaching with someone else for a bit since it is the first time I’ve taught a sewing class. But…
My suit is done now. The fabric is a men’s suiting (whatever that means these days). It’s polyester with a little bit of stretch to it. I paid $1.50/yd and I bought what was left on the bolt. I managed to get 2 pairs of pants and a jacket out of it. All notions for…
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…
I got my latest design challenge. It is a little scary. But what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger. This challenge has a few parts but lets start with the main issue. Small waist, BIG booty. Based on last week’s challenge on PR, you can see that a designer would gladly choose the 12 year…
Recently I was asked if you could raise the crotch in a pair of pants. Well, yes and no. In either case it’s not going to be a quick alteration. If the pants are gigantic you may be able to do a quick and dirty fix (figure 1). You could try adjusting the angle of…