Fit Using Photos to Speed Fitting Progress Readers, After stalling for weeks on a couple of sewing projects I am back on…Paula DeGrandJuly 24, 2020
ProcessSewing Projects The Project Management Daily Challenge–140 Days Later Readers, One of two cartoons on my sewing room bulletin board. Imagine that every cat…Paula DeGrandJuly 3, 2020
FitSewing Projects What Works, What Doesn’t: T-Shirt Edition Readers, Just a few weeks ago I had a sudden realization. Over many years I…Paula DeGrandJune 27, 2020
Sewing spaceSewing supplies Three Easy Sewing Room Upgrades Readers, About a month and a half ago I had another of those moments when…Paula DeGrandJune 19, 2020
Classes Developing My Knit Wits Readers, Recently I've been spending a little time every day taking PatternReview.com's online class Understanding…Paula DeGrandJune 12, 2020
MeThe Big Picture Thank You, Barbara Sher Readers, Barbara Sher, the author of the single most influential book I've ever read, died…Paula DeGrandJune 5, 2020
Process Sneaky Old Sunk-Cost Thinking Readers, Isn't it uplifting to read a post where a knotty question is presented in…Paula DeGrandMay 29, 2020
Process Write It Down! Readers, It's been almost four months since a fateful day in late January when I…Paula DeGrandMay 22, 2020
The Big Picture The Five Knowledge Bases It Takes to Get Things Sewn Readers, Quick--What image comes to mind when you think of a sewer? Don't think long--just…Paula DeGrandMay 15, 2020
Sewing Projects Smart Pants Readers, I recently reached a sewing milestone: pants I like in every way. The impossible…Paula DeGrandMay 8, 2020
Process The Least Popular Piece of Sewing Advice Ever Readers, If someone asked you what advice sewers least like hearing, what would you say? …Paula DeGrandApril 24, 2020
The Big Picture Quarantine Quandaries and Questions Readers, Yesterday my sewing machine had a conniption fit, and I didn't know why. I…Paula DeGrandApril 17, 2020
Process Hope Is Not a Plan Readers, This morning I was recalling an experience I had a few years ago that…Paula DeGrandApril 10, 2020
ProcessSewing Projects Spinning Plates Instead of Spinning My Wheels Readers, To you, this may look only like a bulletin board covered with pattern envelopes…Paula DeGrandApril 3, 2020
Sewing ProjectsSewing techniques A Flamingo Shirt for Jack Readers, Nobody needs a flamingo shirt. But almost everybody could use something flamingo shirt-ish. What I…Paula DeGrandMarch 28, 2020
Sewing ProjectsSewing techniques Zipper-Dee-Doo-Dah Readers, That merry tune you heard someone whistling Sunday afternoon was just me celebrating a…Paula DeGrandMay 30, 2019
Me Shedding Light on My Beautiful French Sign Readers, About 25 years ago, when I was living in Minneapolis, I happened upon an…Paula DeGrandMay 21, 2019
ProcessWardrobe Free, Fast, and Easy; Fun, Reversible–and Inspiring Readers, For the last month or so I have been opening my closet door to…Paula DeGrandMay 18, 2019
ProcessWardrobe The Four Types of Discards Readers, The Kondo effect has reached me even though I haven't watched any of the…Paula DeGrandMarch 4, 2019
ProcessThe Big Picture Has Anybody Seen My Vision Around Here? Readers, On the bulletin board just above my computer is tacked my favorite cartoon, by…Paula DeGrandFebruary 19, 2019
Sewing supplies Why Am I Subscribing to Swatch Services? Readers, Do you subscribe to swatching services from fabric vendors? If you do, do you…Paula DeGrandJanuary 28, 2019
DesignMe The Getting Things Sewn 2019 Calendar Readers, On New Year's Day 2018 I wrote about the wonderful calendar my sister Cynthia,…Paula DeGrandJanuary 17, 2019