Happiness Through Sewing
Are your seams different lengths? You know that the front and the back are supposed to be the same length at the side seam. And you know that the back shoulder seam is supposed to match the front shoulder seam but…. it doesn’t. Or does it? There are two common reasons why your seams may not […] Read more…
What kind of paper should you use for pattern making and altering patterns? Well, technically, any kind of paper would work but different types of paper have different qualities and some papers are just better for pattern making, drafting, altering and/or tracing. In the video, I show you some of the more popular types of […] Read more…
Let’s Make This Skirt (Part 1 of this post showed how to draft your maxi skirt pattern. You can find that post here) This skirt is a straightforward kind of sewing project. The pattern is made for woven fabric, such as linen, twill, denim, basically most any bottom weight fabric. However, because it does gather […] Read more…
Maxi Skirts are the new yoga pants. They’re easy to wear and they’re comfortable. But maxi skirts, well, this maxi skirt, at least is better than yoga pants because it has pockets. Pockets! If you can use a tape measure you can draft your own pattern in under an hour for this easy to sew […] Read more…
I use to cringe whenever one of my children earned another scout badge. Ug, sewing those tough little things onto a sash was bad enough, but sewing them onto the chest pocket was the worse. Other moms advised me to glue the badges on, or to buy Badge Magic at the scout store (how convenient). […] Read more…
Although you could sew most garments entirely by machine there are many times and many construction techniques that you could sew more accurately, with more beautiful results, and maybe, in the long run, sew it even faster, if you turned off your sewing machine and stitched by hand. This is a tale of two hand […] Read more…
Sewing on a button. My dad might say, “There’s a right way and a wrong way” but really, if you got that button reattached, with thread, then you succeeded. You “sewed” it back on. Job done. However, there is some truth to my dad’s way of thinking. There is a way, and it’s not very […] Read more…
There was a time I would wear whatever I made even if fabric puddled up on the garment in some places or it was too tight in others. I made it, I was going to wear it. The same went for ready to wear pieces too. I bought it, I liked it, I was going […] Read more…
Once in awhile, someone will ask me a sewing question and sometimes I get to turn their question into a blog post. Such is the case with Rosemary’s question. Rosemary asked how to shorten a dress that has an overlay which is attached in the left side seam. What to Know Before We Go (aka; The […] Read more…
Adding spandex to denim was a genius idea. There may be no going back to the ol’ fashion itchy scratchy jeans after owning a pair of jeans with stretch. What can you not do in them?The only downside is they don’t always hold up like the 100% cotton twill weave denim. Is it the fiber […] Read more…