Readers, One of two cartoons on my sewing room bulletin board. Imagine that every cat…
Paula DeGrandJuly 3, 2020
Readers, It's been almost four months since a fateful day in late January when I…
Paula DeGrandMay 22, 2020
Readers, If someone asked you what advice sewers least like hearing, what would you say? …
Paula DeGrandApril 24, 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, 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, Pants-fitting: a weighty topic in 2018. There is something Jack and I say to…
Paula DeGrandJanuary 15, 2019
Readers, Almost five months after my first report about my pants pattern-fitting journey I'm back…
Paula DeGrandNovember 1, 2018
Readers, Of all the great things my sewing teacher Edith has told me, the one…
Paula DeGrandJuly 27, 2018
Readers, If you sew, you'll know just what I mean. I'll pop into a clothing…
Paula DeGrandJuly 5, 2018
Readers, In case you've been wondering where I've spent much of the last six months,…
Paula DeGrandJune 10, 2018
Readers, There are few things I love more than having a good project. I love…
Paula DeGrandFebruary 25, 2018
Readers, Like the majority of sewers, I'm enchanted by novelty. There's always a new fabric,…
Paula DeGrandJanuary 26, 2018
Readers, Yesterday I wrote this post and was almost finished with it when I had…
Paula DeGrandJanuary 17, 2018
Readers, A disconsolate letter poured into the Getting Things Sewn headquarters this morning addressed to…
Paula DeGrandJanuary 4, 2018
Readers, I was taking a brief break from Thanksgiving Day cooking when I saw an…
Paula DeGrandDecember 18, 2017
Readers, I'll cut to the chase: I have an "X" figure type with sloping shoulders.…
Paula DeGrandNovember 2, 2017
Readers, Have you ever tried to define your fashion personality and wardrobe style in just…
Paula DeGrandOctober 14, 2017
Readers, I don't think it's emphasized nearly enough how much this thing we call "sewing"…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 26, 2017