It’s been requested I do a tutorial on this so here goes. This particular tutorial will show two versions. The first with a one piece facing and the second with a pieced facing with the piecing at the “V”. While the latter isn’t common, the concepts will translate into similar situations where you have to sew a three way seam in tricky positions -like at a V.…
First a bit of chagrin. I’d intended to post a sewing tutorial today but I must have left the camera cord at home . Therefore, today’s entry is what I can come up with at the last minute. Heh. Seriously, we’ve been having a very interesting but perplexing discussion in our forum about migrating to wholesale I’d intended to mention anyway.…
I don’t know about you but I love reviews of trade shows from an exhibitor’s perspective. In that vein, we have a report from April Femrite who recently exhibited her line Naturally Bamboo at the Outdoor Retailer Show. If you’re producing items for the active or outdoor market, this show is a must.…
As I mentioned two Fridays ago, I received a letter from Jan Schakowsky, representative from Illinois. It wasn’t pleasant to say the least and is reprinted below. As many others suggested, the letter was intended to intimidate me and prevent me from exercising my right to free speech with respect to my protests against the CPSIA law.…
The imperial system of measure has a reputation for being unwieldy and complicated -usually deservedly- in all respects save one, that of drafting for the human body. While I can’t prove it, I think that it was precisely due to the particular suitability of inches in drafting for human bodies that are what made the imperial system so prevalent.…
