|
|
||
|
Click here to listen to the podcast via direct download. Click here to listen via iTunes As I explain in my podcast, you have to love a class where you are required to go to the garment district and fondle fabric all day! Atlas Levy is the shop I mentioned that will give a 10% student discount. You fill . . . → Read More: Podcast: Field Trip! In yesterday’s podcast, which I didn’t get to post about because I was on a class field trip (details to be shared later), I share with you what I’ve learned so far about textiles and industrial sewing machines. I also discuss my upcoming 30th! class reunion (and I just say that I remember when my in-laws . . . → Read More: Podcast: Back In School I’m flying out in the morning so this podcast is only about 30 minutes long. I talk about this and that and the cost of textbooks! Click here to listen via direct download Click here to listen . . . → Read More: Podcast: Holy Moly! In today’s podcast, I talk about the lovely time I had meeting other sewists. I also continue reading from the McCall’s Sewing Book. Click here for direct download Click here for more information about Gripper Snaps Rhinestone Belt Buckle from M&J Trims I visited M & J Trims . . . → Read More: Podcast: Notion, Notion, Who’s Got the Notion Shirt and Fabric In today’s podcast, I share with you my excitement about my two classes, my discovery about my “rayon” fabric for the Butterick 5365 blouse, and continue reading from the McCall’s Sewing Guide where we learn about selecting patterned fabric, the importance of fabric grain, and shaping fabrics. Click here to listen via direct download Click . . . → Read More: Podcast: Practicalities of Fabric Selection Simplicity 1407 from 1955 (yes, that is a smile from Mr. McFann) The Prodigal Sewer has returned. As you’ll find out in the podcast, I spend a good chunk of time explaining how I’ve been trying to find myself–I’d see glimpses but it wasn’t until recently that everything seemed to fall into place. It still has . . . → Read More: Podcast: Color Harmony and Balance  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Musing, Podcast, Vintage Patterns  color pallette, Simplicity 1407
My Honey (Indeed, he exists) In today’s podcast, I finally get to tell you that the now infamous cowboy shirt is finished. In the first photo, you can see why I’m referring to the shirt as the Elvis Cowboy Shirt. Or, maybe you can’t. Our camera has been acting funky ever since I accidentally banged it . . . → Read More: Podcast: The Art of Fabric Selection Photo Courtesy of Sew, Mama, Sew Blog In today’s podcast, we continue to learn how to read pattern envelopes. We also learn about the pattern directions and the weird markings on the pattern pieces themselves. You will need a sewing pattern to look at as you follow along. If you don’t have a pattern envelope to . . . → Read More: Podcast: Language of Patterns, Part 2 In today’s podcast, I give you an update on the infamous cowboy shirt, invite you to join The Sewing Circle, give details about the Teach Your Children to Sew project I’m developing, and explain how to read a pattern envelope. If you don’t have a pattern envelope to available while you are listening, you can get . . . → Read More: Podcast: The Language of Patterns Finally! After much confusion, a technical difficulty has been resolved and we are back in business. Time flies so quickly, doesn’t it? In today’s podcast, I give you the news about my new “brand” as Fairy Grandmother, describe my misadventures in getting the collar done on My Honey’s cowboy shirt, and started Chapter 2 of the McCall’s . . . → Read More: Podcast: Third Time’s The Charm! |
   |
|
|
Copyright © 2010 Grandma's Sewing Cabinet - All Rights Reserved |
||
