Seam allowances are always subject to loud and cantankerous debate. Okay, maybe not but that doesn’t mean folks don’t have tightly held opinions they’ll defend to the death, using their seam allowance as some sort of body armor. The answer is, it depends.…
Feel free to jump in. Must be short and sweet. Bonus points if you can compose it in haiku. Why? Because I felt like making it a rule. Many rules are just as arbitrary if you think about it. Here’s my first one:
DE frets on sales
Makes a pricey plan for naught
Should first turn off tunes!…
Alas, I failed to post the entries for last week’s archives with all the comings and goings of the holiday. This time of year is always problematic with disruptions to my schedule but oddly, I didn’t recoup so readily this year.…
I was pleasantly surprised and very pleased (!) with the many responses to last week’s challenge. At right, you can see the fashion illustration of the style.
The examples left by our visitors followed a pattern which is not to say there were not variations.…
Rita Penner sent me this sketch from one of her vintage German pattern magazines. Any hints as to what this dress may look like -sewn up, this being your challenge for the day- are provided in her comments to me:
I came across a crazy dress that made me think of you, a pattern maker.
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