Last month Kristen inquired about correct sleeve grain. This picture (my coat mock-up from the Ready To Wear Tailoring Sewalong) shows the sleeve grain marked in pen. This is a one-piece sleeve with a back sleeve dart, ie a slightly shaped tube. You can see the lengthwise grain following the curve of the arm, […]
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At the beginning of this year I delved into bramaking for the first time, and even though I’ve been sewing since I was young, and actually design and make clothes for a living, that experience counted for little when it came to making a bra! Let’s just say that the quick-unpick remains my best investment […]
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Now that I have nailed the fit of the Boylston Bra, I thought it was time to play around with some style lines. Due to the relatively limited range of jade trims out there, I decided to use contrasting black trims, and while rummaging through my stash I found some stretch grosgrain and matching fold-over […]
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Welcome to 5 Sewing Tips for July – I’ve tried to make them as random as possible! A problem with many prints is that they are not accurately aligned with the horizontal grain, like the one below (the lengthwise grain alignment is usually fine). What to do? For a small all-over spot like this one, […]
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I think I should call 2017 the year of the top around here! There was the black and white the pink one, the blue one, the white one – and now this one. I promise you I have been sewing other types of clothing too! This one is in a gorgeous raisin coloured burgundy-brown – I […]
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