Readers, After stalling for weeks on a couple of sewing projects I am back on…
Paula DeGrandJuly 24, 2020
Readers, Just a few weeks ago I had a sudden realization. Over many years I…
Paula DeGrandJune 27, 2020
Readers, About a month and a half ago I had another of those moments when…
Paula DeGrandJune 19, 2020
Readers, Recently I've been spending a little time every day taking PatternReview.com's online class Understanding…
Paula DeGrandJune 12, 2020
Readers, Barbara Sher, the author of the single most influential book I've ever read, died…
Paula DeGrandJune 5, 2020
Readers, Isn't it uplifting to read a post where a knotty question is presented in…
Paula DeGrandMay 29, 2020
Readers, It's been almost four months since a fateful day in late January when I…
Paula DeGrandMay 22, 2020
Readers, Quick--What image comes to mind when you think of a sewer? Don't think long--just…
Paula DeGrandMay 15, 2020
Readers, I recently reached a sewing milestone: pants I like in every way. The impossible…
Paula DeGrandMay 8, 2020
Readers, If someone asked you what advice sewers least like hearing, what would you say? …
Paula DeGrandApril 24, 2020
Readers, Yesterday my sewing machine had a conniption fit, and I didn't know why. I…
Paula DeGrandApril 17, 2020
Readers, This morning I was recalling an experience I had a few years ago that…
Paula DeGrandApril 10, 2020
Readers, To you, this may look only like a bulletin board covered with pattern envelopes…
Paula DeGrandApril 3, 2020
Readers, Nobody needs a flamingo shirt. But almost everybody could use something flamingo shirt-ish. What I…
Paula DeGrandMarch 28, 2020
Readers, That merry tune you heard someone whistling Sunday afternoon was just me celebrating a…
Paula DeGrandMay 30, 2019
Readers, About 25 years ago, when I was living in Minneapolis, I happened upon an…
Paula DeGrandMay 21, 2019
Readers, The Kondo effect has reached me even though I haven't watched any of the…
Paula DeGrandMarch 4, 2019
Readers, On the bulletin board just above my computer is tacked my favorite cartoon, by…
Paula DeGrandFebruary 19, 2019
Readers, Do you subscribe to swatching services from fabric vendors? If you do, do you…
Paula DeGrandJanuary 28, 2019
Readers, On New Year's Day 2018 I wrote about the wonderful calendar my sister Cynthia,…
Paula DeGrandJanuary 17, 2019