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• How Do You Know You’re A Seamstress?

  

  When someone asked for a measuring tape and I pulled 3 out of my purse, along with a curved and straight ruler, I knew I was exposed – I was obviously an addict... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Kindle & Inspire: Madeleine Vionnet

  

  It was only a short time after I met Mishka and a short time before I started my blog that she told me about Madeleine Vionnet. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 CULTURE

• Weekend

  

  was about walking the walk that I have been talking about, if that makes any sense. I watched a documentary on Steve Jobs last weekend that talked about how... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 CULTURE

• Sewing History: Tracing Paper

  

  This was another treasure I found at The Resource Exchange, a thrift shop in North Philly where I bought the fabric for this dress for $4. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• What i Made: Another Japanese Dress

  

  This dress grew on me. When I finished it on a Friday night that had me up past my bedtime, I hung it up and stepped back to take a look at the completed piece. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Labor Day!

  

  If you live in the United States, today is a national holiday that celebrates working people. Although a lot of attention goes to other professions, I want to... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 FASHION

• Weekend

  

  was about the end of summer and beginning of fall. Can you believe September is next week? No seriously, can you believe it? Really people, this can’t be!... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Review: Amy Alan’s Beginner Serging Class

  

  I hesitated to enroll in an online class, sewing or nonsewing related. It wasn’t because I doubted the virtual system, it was more because I am a creature of... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• How to Make A Pattern Petite: Part 3

  

  Back today is Betsy from Skinny Bitch Curvy Chick Patterns, a company that caters to petite and petite plus size sewers who are looking for modern alternatives... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Sewing: A Tutu’s Construction

  

  You know, I thought I was crazy when I bid on a wedding dress two years ago and I wasn’t even engaged and marriage was not on my horizon. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Weekend

  

  was about transparency. I overheard a discussion about how large retailers are taking steps to remove the walls that stand between them and their customers. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Scrapbook: Mentors

  

  Mentors is a topic I’ve been thinking and writing about lately. Each subject I have interviewed for the Portrait of a Seamstress series has characteristics and... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Patternmaking: Partial Band Vs Full Band Bra: Part 2

  

  In part 1 of this series, you learned about the one minor but major difference between the patterns of a full band and a partial band bra, which took  took me... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Portrait of a Seamstress: Stasia

  

  Have you ever met someone and as you speak with them, their layers start to peel and they reveal the many talents, knowledge, and skills they have? That was... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Weekend

  

  growing. Last Friday night, I finished a jumper dress that was made using a pattern from (same book used for my Japanese dress). Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Sewing History: Nun’s Cloth

  

  Have you ever heard of nun’s cloth or nun’s veiling? Neither did I! I’m fascinated when I find information like this. It’s like discovering that last marshmallo... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Patternmaking: Partial Bands Vs Full Bands

  

  It took me a long time to understand the difference between a partial and a full band bra. What’s so difficult to understand? A full band bra is a bra in which... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Weekend

  

  comparing. Just like my sloper tutorials, my Portrait of a Seamstress series started on a whim and I almost didn’t publish the first one. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• What i Made: A Japanese Sewing Dress

  

  Several months away from my sewing machine (due to other projects) and my sewing mojo was through the roof. When life allowed me to get back to sewing, it was... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Portrait of a Seamstress: Cloth And Bobbin

  

  A lot of seamstresses talk about the community of like-minded and similarly-skilled women and men they discovered when they started the hobby. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE