I received a free floor lamp from OttLite in exchange for writing this review. Although this post is sponsored, all opinions are my own. **GIVEAWAY CLOSED** And the winner is… Sandra Woerner! My home was built in 1959. The only overhead lights exist in the dining room (chandelier), kitchen and bathrooms. My sewing room […]
How To Lay Out Pattern Pieces For Sewing Success
I told you the 3 things you should do to your fabric before you cut. Now that your fabric is ready to be cut, it’s time to lay out pattern pieces. If you want to avoid homemade sewing results, your pattern pieces must be placed on your fabric correctly. If pattern pieces aren’t cut straight, they […]
3 Things You Need To Do Before You Cut Your Fabric
Sewing a beautifully handmade garment doesn’t start with the sewing. We know that the fabric we choose has to work with the pattern, or our garment will look homemade from the start. But after you choose the right pattern and fabric, preparing the fabric for cutting needs to take place. Today, I’m going to talk about […]
15 Sewing Tools You Need For A Complete Starter Toolkit
As a sewing beginner, you don’t have to have every sewing tool ever sold in your toolkit. Depending on what type of sewing projects you start with, some sewing tools you just won’t need right away. You can add tools to your sewing kit as you need them. So what sewing tools should you start out […]
How To Make The Best Use Of Your Sewing Time
It’s hard to find time to sew. If you’re like me you could sew all day, every day. Or at least every other day. But that crazy thing called life just won’t let you. Our daily responsibilities demand our attention and time. So when we do get that special time to sew, we want it to […]
Adding Seams in Patternmaking, Lesson 3
In Lesson 1, we learned how to manipulate or move darts using the Slash/Spread and the Pivot Method. In Lesson 2, we learned how to combine darts to create new designs using the same methods. (If you haven’t looked at the tutorials for Lesson 1 and 2, do that now and come back to this […]
Free Tutorials & Worksheets to Help You Sew For Your Curves
Hi Everyone! This is just a small interruption in my patternmaking series to let you know about something I created just for you. In fact, it was my patternmaking series that made me realize I needed to create this for you. “What is it”, you ask? It’s a library of free sewing resources that I’ve created […]
Combining Darts in Patternmaking, Lesson 2
In Lesson 1, I talked about the importance of darts when making your own patterns and I showed you how to manipulate or move darts using 2 methods – the Slash/Spread Method and the Pivot Method. (If you haven’t looked at the tutorial for Lesson 1 and done the work, I suggest you do that […]
Importance of Darts in Patternmaking, Lesson 1
The thought of making your own patterns can be daunting. After all, it looks complicated at times. I remember wanting to learn patternmaking so bad, before so much information was available on the Internet. Actually, before the Internet existed. (How did we ever live without it?) I knew one person who knew how to make […]
5 DIY Dress Form Tutorials for Solo Fitting
A dress form can be a life saver when you have to do fittings for yourself, by yourself. Especially if it’s a duplicate of your body and shape. But a custom made dress form is expensive. Unless you make it yourself, that is. And according to the Internet, there are many different ways to make […]
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