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Dear Friends, I am taking the last course I need for my custom clothing certificate: a 1-credit/unit couture sewing class. It meets for two hours once a week and the time just flies by! Because it is a one credit class, most of our sewing is just making a sample instead of using the technique . . . → Read More: Couture Sewing Samples: French Seam and Underlined Hong Kong Finish Dear Friends, McCall's 6231 After finishing my mother’s flannel pajamas just in time for a cold snap out in her neck of the desert, I got sick with a cold (that wasn’t too bad) that had a lingering cough (that was painful and horrible). But a couple of Sundays ago, I decided that I . . . → Read More: From One Flannel Project to the Next Dear Friends, We are planning on moving this summer. We’re not exactly sure where we are going but we are in the process of getting ready for the move so that we won’t be caught having to quickly pack (and having poorly marked boxes…no need to ask me how I know…). Naturally, as part of . . . → Read More: Amazing What You Can Find In A Stash Drawer Dear Friends, Six unfinished everyday napkins sat on my sewing machine for several weeks, patiently waiting for me to attend to them. I was getting psyched out by napkins! I was dreading having to sit down and sew the hems so that I could use them. I couldn’t figure it out. I mean, I just . . . → Read More: Getting Back On The Horse Image courtesy of http://flyingsquirrelconsortium.com Dear Friends, I can’t say that taking the intermediate and advanced sewing classes during the same semester completely burned me out, but, like a synthetic fabric after a burn test, it left me a bit beady around the edges. I’ve only sewn one thing since I turned in my last . . . → Read More: Beady Around The Edges I haven’t posted very often in the past month but I’ve taken lots of photos fully expecting to post about my adventures. So, today I thought I’d share some of the photos with you… The advantage of working in a fashion design program in Los Angeles is that we can take the students on a . . . → Read More: Found In My Camera This is called a "pattern card." It has a line drawing of the garment and lists all of the pattern pieces by number and how many pieces should be cut from the fabric, lining, interfacing, etc. As you can see from the scratch-outs, I should have used a pencil to write down the information! . . . → Read More: Look What Came Home With Me Yesterday I’ve been reading Tom and Lorenzo’s fabulous analyses of the Mad Men wardrobe. Naturally, getting a closer look at the designs only makes me want to replicate them all the more! Sheila, from Out of the Ashes Collectibles is having a 15% off sale that ends Sunday night so I thought I’d mosey over there . . . → Read More: Evoking Mad Men Ah, summertime! My pattern making class is over and I believe I aced my final exam thanks to the self-quizzes at the end of each unit in the textbook. That’s where being an educational psychologist pays off. I know why those quizzes are there–they provide me with “formative” feedback by letting me know what information . . . → Read More: Summer Sewing Agenda I learned my lesson during Winter Term in the pattern draping class. I made my “Ode to Dior” design too complex and I was in tears trying to finish it on time. This semester, my flat pattern making professor said we could knock off a design, if we wanted to do so. She said her . . . → Read More: Pattern Making Class Final Project |
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