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In today’s lesson, I show you how to check your pattern to make sure everything fits correctly using your muslin/practice skirt that you made in Lesson 3. I also show you how to make some basic changes to the pattern. (Here are the links for Lesson 2 and Lesson 1 if you missed them) If . . . → Read More: Drafting Skirt Pattern Sew Along Lesson 4: Checking the Fit and Fixing Problems I got back last night from a vacation with my mother and am ready to get back to sewing! I was tempted to take my portable machine with me but, since I was riding the train, I decided against it. It turns out I wouldn’t have had time to sew anyway… As I was perusing . . . → Read More: All Tensed Up? Check Your Threading Dear Friends, In today’s lesson, I show you how to draft a basic skirt sloper and pattern. You will need the measurements you took in Lesson 2. You can find the information about supplies you will need in Lesson 1. I created a free step-by-step 18 page handout, with illustrations, that you will be able . . . → Read More: Drafting Skirt Pattern Sew Along Lesson 3: Drafting the Pattern (w/video)  9 comments - (Comments are closed)  Design School, How to Videos, Pattern Drafting  drafting skirt pattern, pattern drafting
Dear Friends, In today’s lesson, I show you how to take correct measurements so that your pattern will fit you perfectly! My sister, Jill, agreed to be my model and my mom was there, too, so she was my camera woman. And, as you will soon see/hear, Baby Alice was involved in the filming, too, . . . → Read More: Drafting Skirt Pattern Sew-Along Lesson Two: Measuring (w/video) 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Design School, How to Videos, Pattern Drafting, Projects measuring, pattern drafting
Dear Friends, Welcome to our “sew along” where you will learn how to draft a skirt pattern that fits you perfectly! I created a video where I describe the tools you will need but I had to talk fast (at least fast for me), I thought I’d include pictures and a couple of my . . . → Read More: Drafting Skirt Pattern Sew-Along Lesson One: Tools (w/ Video) 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Design School, Pattern Drafting, Videos pattern making tools for home sewists, Sloper
Dear Friends, I’ve been talking about “draping” the pattern for my Vionnet-inspired cocktail dress. But what does that exactly mean? I have found these two videos by couture designer Susan Elias that shows the basic process of draping the front bodice and she demonstrates how darts can be rotated to the neckline in the second . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Basic Introduction to Draping a Pattern Comments are closed Design School, How to Videos, Projects Madeleine Vionnet Inspired Cocktail Dress, Patternmaking
Generally speaking, women’s sewing patterns (and clothing) are designed for someone with a perfect B cup. Now that is great if you are a perfect B cup. But some of us are “curvier” and some of us are understanding the force of gravity. So, for the rest of us that don’t have a perky perfect . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Shirley Adams and Adjusting the Bust Dart Ah, to be young again. If I were young and had a Singer Young Budget Sewing Machine, I, too, would gracefully dance around my house fantasizing about all of the things I could make with my sewing machine for just pennies! But, alas, I’m firmly planted into middle adulthood and when I fantasize about things . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Singer Young Budget Sewing Machine (c.1959) I owe a lot of my sewing ability to Nancy Zieman, of Sewing with Nancy fame. I’d religiously watch it on WHYY (Philadelphia’s public television station) every Saturday afternoon in the late 80′s and early 90′s (sadly, I had to give it up when grad school got in the way of my television viewing pleasure). . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Sew What’s New Let’s face it. Money is still tight for most of us. In the past, you may have picked up a gift card (or a mug) for your child’s teacher, coach, dance teacher, etc. This year, though, it just isn’t in the budget. So what can you do? Together, you can make sachets filled with potpourri. . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Raid Your Stash to Make These Sachets |
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