Easing is slightly shrinking a seam allowance. It’s often done to sleeves. This is because the human body continues to curve out at the top…
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This is going to be a short one: we need to turn our blouse front into a front with a button placket. A placket is…
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I love piped seams. It’s the costumer in me. The trouble is that piping can get expensive, but making your own is super-cheap and easy…
4 CommentsOver the last two weeks, we’ve been working on a blouse pattern in half scale. Then I caught a cold, and fell behind on posting.…
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Let’s be honest – most of us aren’t buying jeans at a price point where we’re going to see a real flat-felled seam. It’s a…
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This is the classic seam associated with denim, particularly when it comes to jeans. It’s really deceptively easy to do. (It does help if you…
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I dusted off my original denim test-tutu last week and did a little work on it, mostly because I was doing a talk on denim for…
Leave a CommentIt happens. We all loose our way some times. And we all reach for the seam ripper. I remember the way I was taught to…
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Since it’s that time of year when people here in the U.S. start thinking about what to do with their tax returns, I thought I’d…
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Not too long ago, we did up a sample of a simple vest with all-in-one facings. Here’s how to actually sew up a vest with…
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