Readers, Jack and I returned last Thursday from our week in New York. It was…
Paula DeGrandAugust 22, 2017
Readers, This has been my summer of blouse-sewing. I cranked out several sleeveless renditions of…
Paula DeGrandAugust 1, 2017
Readers, I was browsing recently through a lot of photos my photographer had shot in…
Paula DeGrandJuly 27, 2017
Readers, Even though summer can be the easiest and most fun season to sew for,…
Paula DeGrandJuly 9, 2017
Readers, Remember this jacket pattern? Of course you do. From 1941, McCall pattern 4065, the…
Paula DeGrandOctober 31, 2016
Readers, One morning late last week I piled five jackets, a blouse, and my mannequin…
Paula DeGrandOctober 25, 2016
Readers, Blame my background as a librarian for calling a new form that I'm experimenting…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 20, 2016
Readers, Last month I got to see three dozen costumes from Downton Abbey up close…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 15, 2016
Readers, Thursday evening I found myself saying "Nooooooo...!" to the computer screen as I read…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 10, 2016
Miss GTS has been watching me--and watching out for me. If the writer of this…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 6, 2016
Readers, Last week I brought home a very special souvenir of Jack's and my visit…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 1, 2015
Readers, That humming sound you hear is coming from my head, which is still spinning…
Paula DeGrandAugust 1, 2015
Readers, A few days ago I learned: Kenneth King's pattern adaptation for notched-collar jackets doesn't…
Paula DeGrandJune 26, 2015
Readers, After I wrote my previous post, about how my plan to make a tailored…
Paula DeGrandJune 23, 2015
Readers, Yesterday I sewed my buttons--the ones I bought recently at Taylors Buttons in London--on…
Paula DeGrandJune 19, 2015
Readers, To round off my recent series of London posts, a roundup of news items…
Paula DeGrandJune 12, 2015
Readers, I am no swimmer. Growing up, I never advanced beyond the shallow end of…
Paula DeGrandJune 10, 2015
Readers, When I did the research while living in London for two months in 2011…
Paula DeGrandJune 7, 2015
Readers, Ever since I took the Savile Row tailoring class at the Fashion and Textile…
Paula DeGrandJune 5, 2015
Readers, Before Jack and I leave Berlin tomorrow morning for Cambridge I wanted to mention…
Paula DeGrandMay 23, 2015