Category Archives: Favorite Tips

Lengthening The Wrap Dress

January 6, 2012 – 11:29 am

We’ve had a few requests from those of you that would like to lengthen The Wrap Dress. We do lengthen some of our front cover samples for our long legged ladies..here’s how to do it! (A Lot of these steps can be used when lengthening other patterns as well. Always keep in mind that whatever [...]

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Hemming our sleeves

October 4, 2011 – 9:58 am

Step #8: Hem Sleeves. –- And the anxiety steps in, takes over and you either stop there and never finish your project, or you end up starting a new trend in frayed cuffs! It is our pleasure to relieve you of any frustration and you can now stop hunting down any sort of YouTube tutorial [...]

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Bias and Bloomers 101

April 4, 2011 – 3:11 pm

I totally get that sometimes you just need a picture, a video, or a little extra help with certain steps while sewing. For sometime now we’ve wanted a place for our customers to go where they can find a little extra help on some of those tricky spots that may just need a little more attention. [...]

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A taste of what’s to come

February 7, 2011 – 12:20 pm

Here ye, here ye, break out your Rolled Hem Feet and start practicing! One of our new patterns we’re working on requires mastering a narrow hem and we’ve decided to suggest the rolled hem foot as one of our options for finishing.  Practicing you say? Well yes, it takes some time to get into a “groove”, especially sewing [...]

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